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INDICATIONS FOR USE
The DePuy Mitek VAPR System is intended for resection, ablation and excision of soft tissue,
and hemostasis of blood vessels in patients requiring arthroscopic surgery of the knee, shoulder,
ankle, elbow and wrist. Arthroscopic surgery could include, for example, the following:
CONTRAINDICATIONS
The DePuy Mitek VAPR System is contraindicated in any non-arthroscopic surgical procedure
and in procedures where saline or Ringer’s lactate is not used as an irrigant. The System is
also not appropriate for patients for whom an arthroscopic procedure is contraindicated for any
reason. Use of the System is also contraindicated in patients with heart pacemakers or other
electronic device implants.
Knee
Meniscectomy
Lateral Release
Chondroplasty
Synovectomy
ACL Debridement
Plica Removal
Meniscal Cystectomy
Ankle
Fracture Debridement
Excision of Scar Tissue
Synovectomy
Chondroplasty
Wrist
Synovectomy
Cartilage Debridement
Fracture Debridement
Shoulder
Labral Tear Resection
Synovectomy
Excision of Scar Tissue
Acromioplasty
Bursectomy
Subacromial Decompression
Chondroplasty
Elbow
Synovectomy
Tendon Debridement
Chondroplasty