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Dr Gabriel Levi Featured on WGN's Living Healthy Chicago
Orthopedic Surgeon & Patient Interviewed for WGN Program
Illinois Masonic orthopedic surgeon Dr Gabriel Levi and his patient Katie Carson were interviewed today for WGN's program Living Healthy Chicago.
In 2011, Katie suffered a severe tibia and fibula break while playing soccer. When she saw that her leg was bent at nearly a 90-degree angle, she thought she would never walk again. She was brought to Illinois Masonic, where Dr Levi inserted an intramedullary rod. Two days later, Katie was able to weight bear. Six months later, she was able to run a half marathon!
WGN interviewed both Katie and Dr Levi at Illinois Masonic for the story. They also captured some B-roll footage of Katie running in the park outside the CAC! I'm including a few behind-the-scenes shots below.
Many thanks to Dr Levi and Jequeatta for sharing this wonderful story with us! If you'd like to tune in, the segment, which will be part of a bone health show, will air on WGN on Sunday, Oct. 11, at 11:30 am.
Articles by Dr Levi: Cartilage Injuries
Gabriel S. Levi is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon at ORC. He completed his fellowship training in joint reconstruction at the world-renowned Insall Scott Kelly Institute in New York City. His specialties include joint reconstruction and sports medicine. Dr Levi has a special interest in cartilage injuries and joint replacement of the knee and hip. He is also bilingual in Spanish and English.
Vitamin E isn't an antioxidant just for your skin and nails anymore - it's expanding to joint implants.
Zimmer, a company also based in Warsaw, is seeking FDA approval to offer its own version.
The concept is that the natural antioxidant in vitamin E can prevent wear of the polyethylene, or plastic, components of implants. Many cup liner components for hip implants are made of the plastic and the same goes for plastic knee bearings in knee replacements.
The vitamin is blended in during the manufacturing process and makes the material denser to better handle stress, said Tim Gardener, product director for hip products with Zimmer.
Source: Marco News.com
