Orthopaedics
Sophisticated medical equipment and therapeutic technologies are decisive factors in improving the quality of healthcare services. The demands of hospitals and clinics for hi-tech. medical engineering are still growing. QLT product specialists, screening the orthopaedics field regularly, are well informed of both the latest developments and the increasing need for more advanced technologies in the various orthopaedic market segments.
A dramatic evolution of arthroscopic techniques for knee and more specifically shoulder treatment has occurred over the past few years. Recent scientific methods, including wear simulation and fluoroscopic kinematic analysis, have provided an enormous improvement in clinical performance.
Different types of prostheses and implants are a subject of increased interest among orthopaedic surgeons dealing with total hip prostheses as well as foot and ankle pathology on either a regular or occasional basis.
Essential orthopaedic tools such as the various imaging techniques and procedures clearly meet a high market demand for the most advanced technologies. This particularly concerns radiography, arthrography and tendon treatment, computed tomography (CT) and CT arthrography, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR arthrography, ultrasonography and intra-articular injections.
