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orward-thinking facilities are embracing a high-tech
approach to hip and knee replacements by outfitting
their ORs with robotic platforms. Can you blame them?
A growing body of evidence suggests robotic-assisted
joint replacement results in more precise surgeries with
fewer complications, allowing patients to ambulate sooner than they
would after manual operations. There are also less proven, but very
real, indirect benefits to adding ortho robots. Facilities that have
already invested in the technology realize patients will come from
John Berry | Editorial Assistant
The Future of Robotic-Assisted Total Joints
Improved precision, speedier recoveries and patient appeal are just a
few of the reasons the robot is becoming a mainstay in orthopedics.
• ON TARGET Robotic-assisted surgery has the potential to eliminate outlier outcomes and level the playing field among joint
replacement surgeons.
Paul
Miller,
MD
