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Robotic-Assisted Partial Knee Replacement
Hand-held sculpting tool lets surgeons precisely resurface bone.
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USER FRIENDLY
obotics have
The Navio orthopedic
come to partial
surgical system features a hand-held
knee replacebone-sculpting tool.
ments, which "are
unforgiving of even a
very subtle amount of
misalignment or
imbalance," says Jess
Lonner, MD, one of
the first surgeons to
use the Navio system from Blue Belt Technologies
(bluebelttech.com/products) to perform a partial knee replacement.
"This device reduces variability, enhances the precision with which
we can prepare the bone and dramatically improves the ability to balance soft tissues."
In treating a patient presenting with medial osteoarthritis, Dr.
Lonner used Navio to create a surgical plan, resurface the patient's
diseased bone, and implant a prosthesis to restore function to the
patient's knee and reduce the pain associated with osteoarthritis.
"It's long been known that partial knee replacements fare far better
when they're aligned well and balanced well," says Dr. Lonner, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital and attending orthopaedic surgeon at the Rothman Institute in
Philadelphia, Pa. "But they can be very challenging for surgeons who
don't do many. It's hard to become proficient. Even in the hands of a
proficient surgeon, it's difficult to be as precise as you'd like with conventional methods."
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