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News from AAOS: Symmetry Surgical Unveils Femoral Elevator Device

Company adds to its Bookwalter line of surgical instruments.

This year’s annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in New Orleans (AAOS, March 11-15)has seen quite a few new product rollouts. Not to be left out, the Symmetry Surgical division of Symmetry Medical Inc. added to its Bookwalter line with the Bookwalter femoral elevator.

This latest addition to the Bookwalter product line supports direct anterior approach (DAA) total hip arthroplasty (THA) by providing, according to the company, a simple method to elevate and stabilize the resected femur during femoral canal broaching.

The device was designed in collaboration with surgeons and operating room professionals, and offers an operating room table-mounted alternative to healthcare providers in providing access and
visualization in the minimally invasive DAA THA.

Symmetry officials claim that the Bookwalter femoral elevator is the first orthopedic-specific system from the table-mounted line of Bookwalter retractor systems for general surgical applications. It does not require an assistant to elevate the femur using hand-held retractors during off-table cases.

“I believe that good exposure is the key to good surgery,” said John Bookwalter, M.D., surgeon inventor of his eponymous retractor system. “By facilitating reliable exposure of the femoral shaft within the incision, the new Bookwalter femoral elevator can help hospitals and surgery centers provide access and visibility in minimally invasive, direct access hip surgery.”

He added that the technology is the result of “years of research and development” with orthopedic surgeons.

“Symmetry Surgical is focused on driving innovation and developing surgical instruments that help give our customers leading-edge alternatives in surgical procedures,” said Ajey Atre, president of Symmetry Surgical.

Symmetry Surgical provided hands-on demonstrations of the device at its booth (4949) during AAOS.

Warsaw, Ind.-based Symmetry makes surgical instruments, orthopedic implants and sterilization cases and trays,

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