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Stryker | Mako Robotic-arm assisted Technology
The right robotics
system is not a
replacement for a
surgeon's hands
and mind. Rather,
the system should
enhance the effica-
cy of these most
valuable tools.
Mako, which
combines Stryker's
implants with
Mako's robotic-
arm technology,
can be used for robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty, meaning
you can now use the robot across your entire joint replacement serv-
ice line: total knees, total hips and partial knee replacements. A CT-
based 3D modeling system lets you pre-operatively determine the
implant size, orientation and alignment to suit your patient's bone
anatomy. When it's time for surgery, you and the system work hand in
hand — or, better put, hand in robotic arm — to prepare the bone
and place the implant. If needed, you can make adjustments to the
surgical plan on the fly, intra-operatively, with robotics-guided bone
resections.
Tools like Mako may be able to help you attain more reproducible
patient outcomes than manual arthroplasty, and they may even act as
an attractive lure — both to prospective patients and to in-demand
surgeons. Surgical facility leaders just have to determine if those
kinds of benefits justify the investment.
Christy
Radecic/AP
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