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New Option for Knee Pain

845 views · Published 1 March 2016 · 1:22 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: Lee Health · 2016 · Science & Technology

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Knee replacement implants are designed to restore function and eliminate as much discomfort as possible while allowing you to return to daily activities. 

“Probably the newest available knee out there that’s basically coining a new knee is the XP knee. Which is the only knee worldwide that maintains your ACL,” says Dr. Ed Humbert, who is an orthopedic surgeon on medical staff with Lee Memorial Health System. 

Most other total knee replacements requires cutting the ACL, which is a ligament that helps provide your knee joint with natural stability and control. Dr. Humbert was one of the first doctors in the country to offer this groundbreaking implant. 

“Keeping your ACL will give you more of a kinematically normal acting knee. It’s going to actually bend and flex and extend exactly like your knee does before the surgeries,” says Dr. Humbert. 

The difference-maker is the implant’s design it has a U-shaped cutout that goes around and can accommodate the ACL. More difficult to put in, this surgery is more demanding but worth it to patients looking for a more natural fit.

“It should feel more like a natural knee. And hopefully do better long-term,” says Dr. Humbert. 

This type of knee replacement is intended for use in patients with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic arthritis, correction of a deformity or a revision of a previous joint replacement procedure.

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