Precice PABST
Plate Assisted Bone Segment Transport
Key Benefits
All internal approach for treating segmental bone defects
Leveraging the reproducible and reliable, Precice magnetic technology
Patient preferred1
What is PABST?
Drs. James Blair and Matthew Gardner share how the PABST Technique is important for their practice and for the treatment of bone defects, as well as getting patient’s back to their everyday lives. Dr. Gardner and Dr. Blair share their experience with adopting the PABST Technique, indications and their patient selection process.
Preparation and execution of the PABST technique
Hear from Dr. Edward Westrick to understand how he properly prepares for a PABST case as a surgeon, sets himself and patients up for success, and his methods for case planning. He also shares his step-by-step process on effectively completing a PABST case including postoperative protocols.
Preoperative and postoperative considerations with PABST
Drs. Matthew Gardner and James Blair share their perspective on how treating nonunions and acute bone loss can differ, their methods for infection management and maintaining good alignment with their PABST construct and lastly, their approaches to case planning.
Indications for the PABST Technique with Dr. Edward Westrick
Hear from Dr. Edward Westrick as he goes into detail on his approach when it comes to treating nonunions vs acute bone loss, when to choose compressing a nonunions vs the PABST technique and lastly, how PABST has taken the place of the standard Masquelet technique in his practice.
PABST postoperative best practices with Drs. James Blair and Matthew Gardner
Drs. Matthew Gardner and James Blair discuss their personal postoperative best practices. Everything from latency, rate and rhythm protocols, their preferred methods for docking procedures and their final steps with compression and weight-bearing protocols to conclude the treatment of a PABST procedure. In addition, we learn more from each surgeon on how they conduct follow-ups with each patient depending on their specific needs.
Precice PABST
Plate Assisted Bone Segment Transport
Key Benefits
All internal approach for treating segmental bone defects
Leveraging the reproducible and reliable, Precice magnetic technology
Patient preferred1
What is PABST?
Drs. James Blair and Matthew Gardner share how the PABST Technique is important for their practice and for the treatment of bone defects, as well as getting patient’s back to their everyday lives. Dr. Gardner and Dr. Blair share their experience with adopting the PABST Technique, indications and their patient selection process.
Preparation and execution of the PABST technique
Hear from Dr. Edward Westrick to understand how he properly prepares for a PABST case as a surgeon, sets himself and patients up for success, and his methods for case planning. He also shares his step-by-step process on effectively completing a PABST case including post operative protocols.
Preoperative and postoperative considerations with PABST
Drs. Matthew Gardner and James Blair share their perspective on how treating nonunions and acute bone loss can differ, their methods for infection management and maintaining good alignment with their PABST construct and lastly, their approaches to case planning.
Indications for the PABST Technique with Dr. Edward Westrick
Hear from Dr. Edward Westrick as he goes into detail on his approach when it comes to treating nonunions vs acute bone loss, when to choose compressing a nonunion vs the PABST Technique and lastly, how PABST has taken the place of the standard Masquelet technique in his practice.
PABST postoperative best practices with Drs. James Blair and Matthew Gardner
Drs. Matthew Gardner and James Blair discuss their personal postoperative best practices. Everything from latency, rate and rhythm protocols, their preferred methods for docking procedures and their final steps with compression and weight-bearing protocols to conclude the treatment of a PABST procedure. In addition, we learn more from each surgeon on how they conduct follow-ups with each patient depending on their specific needs.
1. Landge V, Shabtai L, Gesheff M, et al. Patient satisfaction after limb lengthening with internal and external devices. J of Surg Orthop Advanc 2015;24(3):174-9.