The Alexis orthopaedic protector acts as a barrier which shields soft tissue - including tensor fasciae latae (TFL) and deltoid muscles, and skin edges - from contact with abrasive instrumentation and debris at the wound margins.
Offered in several sizes and configurations, the soft tissue protector is most commonly utilized in total hip arthroplasty (THA), including direct anterior approach (DAA) and posterior approach (PA), and total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA).
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"The Alexis orthopaedic protector maintains the surgical field open for DAA THA while allowing me to pass instrumentation and retractors into and out of the wound space without damaging the tensor muscle or skin edges."
J. Bohannon Mason, MD
OrthoCarolina
"The take home points on why it's so valuable are that it preserves the deltoid and cephalic, [is] better for incisional healing, may potentially reduce infections by eliminating the contact with C. acnes, it eliminates some of your metal retractors, and helps you to manage your sutures."
Stephan G. Pill, MD*
Prisma Health
"Metal retractors are no longer sitting on the skin, which is why you eliminate the bruising and the soft tissue damage you usually get when you have metal forcibly pressed against the skin. Where you see the most benefit with the Alexis [protector] in terms of preparing the bone is the broaches and the reamers going in and out of the wound."
Chad Thurman, DO*
McLeod Health
Clinical Evidence
Applied Medical's Alexis orthopaedic protector has been shown to decrease the incidence of Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) in the surgical field by fivefold.1
Use of the Alexis orthopaedic protector isolates the superficial tissue layer from the surgeons' gloves, instruments and retractors, decreasing the incidence of P. acnes in the surgical field.
This may result in a decreased rate of P. acnes transmission to the deeper tissues.
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1. Smith, M.L., Gotmaker, R., Hoy, G.A., Ek, E.T., Carr, A., Flynn, J.N. and Evans, M.C. (2018), Minimizing Propionibacterium acnes contamination in shoulder arthroplasty: use of a wound protector. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 88: 1178-1181. https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.14821
* Paid consultant of Applied Medical Resources Corporation.
