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Axogen to Participate in the 75th Annual American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting
New data highlights the clinical and economic value of Avance® Nerve Graft compared to nerve autograft ALACHUA, Fla., Sept. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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[{"type":"text","content":"New data highlights the clinical and economic value of Avance® Nerve Graft compared to nerve autograft\nALACHUA, Fla., Sept. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or discontinuity to peripheral nerves, announced that it will participate in the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) being held virtually from October 1-3, 2020. The meeting will feature live and on-demand scientific sessions, training opportunities, and a virtual solutions center.\n Axogen’s peripheral nerve repair portfolio will be featured throughout the clinical and scientific sessions including key presentations highlighting the clinical and economic value of Avance Nerve Graft as compared to traditional nerve autograft: The latest clinical data from the MATCHSM autograft cohort of the RANGER® Registry will be presented comparing Avance Nerve Graft repairs to autograft repairs in sensory and mixed nerve injuries of the upper extremity. The study included 156 nerve repairs and found that sensory and motor clinical outcomes for Avance Nerve Graft were comparable to those reported for nerve autograft.Complementing the MATCH clinical outcomes, a study on nerve repair procedure costs will also be presented. The study evaluated payor data from 340 individual claims and found that hospital facility procedure costs for Avance Nerve Graft were comparable to that of traditional nerve autograft. “We are excited to share clinical data showing the important clinical and economic value that Avance Nerve Graft provides to surgeons and patients to aid clinical decision making when selecting between Avance and autograft,” said Karen Zaderej, chairman, CEO, and president. “Avance provides comparable clinical outcomes and hospital facility procedural costs without the loss of function and risks associated with the autograft harvest.” As a Premium Solutions Provider for the meeting, Axogen will host a pre-meeting symposium on Tuesday, September 29 from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CST. The symposium, Nerve Repair Live, will be held virtually and feature live simulated surgical demonstrations. Participants will have the opportunity to engage and interact with faculty through live polling and Q&A while nerve repair techniques are demonstrated in real ...