Ctrl+Alt+Debride Blog
For most of its history an orthopedic implant was a simple idea... a strong piece of hardware that replaces or fixes what the body can no longer manage. Reliable, but unchanging once it was in. (think titanium hips, steel plates, screws etc.) A recent review in the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (Misir, 2025) maps how the implant is evolving on many fronts - and how it's already in patients, trials, and in some cases, 3D print labs.
A few weeks ago we looked at a small sprinting study...
