Yes Trace, I firmly believe that all the prosthesis are very similar and no prosthesis makes a terrific difference to the patient.
I believe the doctor and his experience and skill is 99.9% of the whole deal. In the UK the use of the different protheses is a franchise -- -- -- a little bit like Kentucky fried chicken -- -- -- it's the individual preferences of the surgeon and what suits him as well as you.
There are a few isolated cases for the Maverick and we have one specific doctor in the UK using that for specific conditions -- -- -- but beyond that I reckon there's no difference in performance, between all of them, the Charitee, Pro Disc and Maverick.
The Charitee really has the longest history, but I think that the engineering progress since the 1980s has been huge and they've caught up with it because the Charitee was inspirational at the time
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