In collaboration with the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA), OrthoXel is pleased to sponsor a new episode of The OTA Podcast, featuring orthopaedic trauma surgeons Roman Natoli, MD and Michael Weaver, MD. 

The discussion explores persistent challenges in tibial and femoral fracture healing and how controlled micromotion may help create a more favorable mechanical environment for bone healing. The surgeons discuss OrthoXel’s micromotion technology, which provides 1 mm of controlled axial motion while maintaining rotational stability, and how this approach could help harness the body’s mechanobiology.  

Dr. Natoli also shares his early clinical experience using the technology in challenging femur and tibia cases, while the conversation looks ahead to further clinical research, including a planned randomized controlled trial in femoral shaft fractures.  

In this episode, you’ll learn: 

• Why challenges remain in tibial and femoral fracture healing  
• How mechanobiology and controlled micromotion may influence bone healing  
• Early clinical experience with OrthoXel micromotion nails  
• How the technology fits into familiar intramedullary nailing workflows  
• What future clinical research could tell us about micromotion and fracture fixation