MULTI FILAMENT LOAD SHARING
NAHAH’s Multi Filament Load Sharing (MFLS) surgical services repair ruptured cranial cruciate ligaments (CrCL) in canines with the objective to restore natural, authentic, and evolved canine stifle function (biomechanics). This goal is accomplished through implanting two primary prostheses each comprised of multiple secondary prostheses, which integrate strength and durability through planned redundancy that duplicates the load distribution and function of the original cranial cruciate ligament, and forms a fortifying biosynthetic union that provides optimal strength and durability over time.
NAHAH’s MFLS surgical services closely approximate the function and load distribution of the two bands (craniomedial band and caudolateral band) of the original cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL) by employing two separate prostheses implanted along two separate load distribution pathways.
NAHAH’s MFLS surgical services maximize the structural integrity of the repair by using the original cranial cruciate ligament as its model or template.
NAHAH’s MFLS surgical services provide for immediate strength and durability of the surgical repair by utilizing materials comprising the implanted primary prostheses that have sufficient combined strength of material (SOM) as well as a sufficient factor of safety (FOS).
Like all extracapsular surgical procedures, NAHAH’s MFLS surgical services benefit from the immune system’s reaction to the implanted prostheses referred to as Foreign Body Reaction (FBR) that strengthens and fortifies the repair.
Theory & Principles
NAHAH’s MFLS surgical services do not change the anatomy of the canine stifle joint and restores the same stifle joint function that existed prior to injury. Restoring the natural, authentic, and evolved stifle joint function preserves bilaterally symmetrical stifle function thereby preserving balanced and symmetrical hind limb function and the overall bilateral symmetry of the canine patient’s body.
Importance of Restoring Stifle Biomechanics
The goal of any surgery for the repair of injury to a joint or other parts of the limb should be restoration of the prior anatomy, allowing for the parts to fit together well, and restoration of the prior function so that all the moving parts of the entire limb work in harmony as an interdependent and cohesive unit.