Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/l7vzsz/medipoint_knee) has announced the addition of the "MediPoint: Knee Replacement - South American Analysis and Market Forecasts" report to their offering.

The current knee replacement market is a crowded space, with an increasing number of companies offering a myriad of partial, primary/total, and revision prostheses to meet orthopedic surgeons' demands in the management of knee diseases, primarily osteoarthritis. Worldwide, the primary/total knee segment represents about 80-90% of the entire knee market, with the remainder being partial knee and revision knee.

Overall, clinical data show that short- to medium-term survivorship is excellent after almost all common types of knee replacement, regardless of fixation, constraint, and bearing type. Future competition among vendors will be more likely to center on the instrumentation and the ancillary equipment, such as patient-specific instruments, navigation systems, and robotic systems.

Brazil's economy is booming on the back of a growing middle class and rising investment in the physical infrastructure. The medical devices market in Brazil is the largest in South America. In the past few years, a general easing of the import bureaucracy and the requirement to improve the quality and quantity of healthcare services available in Brazil have led to increased adoption of advanced medical technologies, such as total shoulder replacement implants.

Scope

- An overview of hypertension, which includes epidemiology, etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, pathology and treatment guidelines.

- Annualized South America Knee replacement market revenue and future forecasts from 2009 to 2011, forecast for 7 years to 2018.

- Investigation of current and future market competition for Knee replacement

- Insightful review of the key industry drivers, restraints and challenges as well as predicted impact of key events.

- Competitor assessment including device approval analysis and device sales forecasts.

- Marketed and pipeline product profiles covering efficiency, safety, clinical study details, device approvals, product positioning and device sales forecast.

- Analysis of unmet needs within the market and opportunities for future players.

- Direct quotes from Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) as well as cardiologists

Companies Mentioned

B. Braun

Biomet

DePuy Synthes

DJO Surgical

Exactech

Smith & Nephew

Stryker

Wright Medical (MicroPort)

Zimmer

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