NuVasive Stryde stopped shipping

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I think it depends on your need for it. In my case, it must be done before September. I would wait for september, but it seems very unlikely it would be available there. Then, I will do Precice in June. I think it's quite worse, but doable if you have someone to help you. Besides, I will try to buy things like pedals to exercise my legs while being on the ground. Also a big walker with wheels to walk every day without weight bearing.

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When do you imagine it returning? Also - what's your current height and how many cm's are you trying to achieve? Congrats, by the way.

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Maybe like november? All seems quite uncertain right now, that's the problem, no info a no communication. And I'm 172/173, I just want to do 5 cm so it's not that bad in my case to take precice.

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I think it's going to take a while. I would anticipate it getting modified and remanufactured. They're not going to risk future lawsuits (as evidenced by participating in a voluntary recall) just to get this out, especially when they already have alternate products on the market that do the same thing.

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On the opposing side, they're losing millions upon millions. They're team must be working around the clock to get this out.

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Had f/u appointment with Dr. conway.  Company rep was at appointment too.

VERY interesting inferences I took from this.  Dr. Conway is professional and cautiously guarded.   She nor the rep would make any official statements; they're not stupid to stick their necks out.

But I inferred these opinions and was not corrected by either.

-Stryde is NOT coming back ANYTIME soon..... and here's the big one.... not coming back potentially EVER.   

-my chromium levels were double almost triple what would be "normal". BUT I believe for poisoning you would need at least 20 times the normal amount.

-I believe she is looking in a completely different direction from anything Nuvasive.   

-The rep was quiet but would neither confirm nor deny any of my polite questions.  The rep recommended Precise for anybody else.  I asked him if the implant is stainless steel why or how could it be leaching these other elements?   He said yes it is stainless but it is still formulated with other metals.   Interesting.


To reiterate I am a 51 y/o physical therapist and ex-gymnast who achieved 8 cm at 51 years old consolidating just this past January.   IMHO IMHO IMHO ..... this kind of stuff has happened with hip replacement surgery.   But with a partial or total hip replacement you have a constant movement or constant rubbing of the ball and socket joint so I could understand how a poorly formulated implant could leach metal over time.   But after the lengthening phase of the stryde nail it's existence in your body is static.   So by that analogy there should be less exposure to these metals leaching because there is simply no more movement.   what is very slightly concerning to me is in a hip replacement surgery you have a titanium femoral head (ball) that is rotating in the acetabulum (socket).   The acetabulum is always a plastic composite material so you really don't have  Metal on metal whereas in the distraction phase of the stryde nail you do have metal rotating on metal.

Still in the long term I could see a hip implant corroding overtime due to constant movement.  I'm hoping the saving grace for those that have these nails is that after consolidation there is no movement.  But is it a frictional sloughing of metals or is it truly a corrosion.   Because if the operative word is corrosion that can be a bit concerning.

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Quote from: Shhh on March 07, 2021, 01:29:33 PMHad f/u appointment with Dr. conway.  Company rep was at appointment too.

VERY interesting inferences I took from this.  Dr. Conway is professional and cautiously guarded.   She nor the rep would make any official statements; they're not stupid to stick their necks out.

But I inferred these opinions and was not corrected by either.

-Stryde is NOT coming back ANYTIME soon..... and here's the big one.... not coming back potentially EVER.   

Very useful information and is what I feared. Looks like I will be going ahead with Precice.

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Quote from: Shhh on March 07, 2021, 01:29:33 PMHad f/u appointment with Dr. conway.  Company rep was at appointment too.

VERY interesting inferences I took from this.  Dr. Conway is professional and cautiously guarded.   She nor the rep would make any official statements; they're not stupid to stick their necks out.

But I inferred these opinions and was not corrected by either.

-Stryde is NOT coming back ANYTIME soon..... and here's the big one.... not coming back potentially EVER.   

-my chromium levels were double almost triple what would be "normal". BUT I believe for poisoning you would need at least 20 times the normal amount.

-I believe she is looking in a completely different direction from anything Nuvasive.   

-The rep was quiet but would neither confirm nor deny any of my polite questions.  The rep recommended Precise for anybody else.  I asked him if the implant is stainless steel why or how could it be leaching these other elements?   He said yes it is stainless but it is still formulated with other metals.   Interesting.


To reiterate I am a 51 y/o physical therapist and ex-gymnast who achieved 8 cm at 51 years old consolidating just this past January.   IMHO IMHO IMHO ..... this kind of stuff has happened with hip replacement surgery.   But with a partial or total hip replacement you have a constant movement or constant rubbing of the ball and socket joint so I could understand how a poorly formulated implant could leach metal over time.   But after the lengthening phase of the stryde nail it's existence in your body is static.   So by that analogy there should be less exposure to these metals leaching because there is simply no more movement.   what is very slightly concerning to me is in a hip replacement surgery you have a titanium femoral head (ball) that is rotating in the acetabulum (socket).   The acetabulum is always a plastic composite material so you really don't have  Metal on metal whereas in the distraction phase of the stryde nail you do have metal rotating on metal.

Still in the long term I could see a hip implant corroding overtime due to constant movement.  I'm hoping the saving grace for those that have these nails is that after consolidation there is no movement.  But is it a frictional sloughing of metals or is it truly a corrosion.   Because if the operative word is corrosion that can be a bit concerning.

Yeah thx for the info. Im nearly 40 days post surgery with stryde. I will try to get my chromium level checked.

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Talked with Paley, he says maybe STRYDE returns in August or September but only if you are optimistic. Probably till the end of this year . So I guess even when I start in summer with precice I will be done before stryde is back.

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And I guess he meant in the US, because it will be even longer in Europe. I'm in the same boat as you, Precice it is this summer...