Prof. from Memorial Kayseri Hospital Orthopedics and Traumatology Department. Dr. Bora Bostan gave information about robotic knee surgery. Deformation in the knee joint, one of the largest and strongest joints in the human body, can restrict movement over time. Robotic knee surgery, which advances thanks to technological developments, provides significant comfort to both the patients and the surgical team performing the surgery. While prostheses are positioned in the most accurate way with robotic surgery during surgery, many advantages that arise for the patient after surgery increase the comfort of life.
Success in advanced stage knee arthritis is high
The knee is a movable joint; It is a structure connected to the ligament, cartilage, muscle and nervous system. Restriction of movement due to any trauma, arthritis or other problem often makes surgery inevitable. Thanks to robotic knee surgery, high-precision prosthesis placement is ensured. Precise cuts of the bones are made and computer-controlled devices are used. Robotic knee surgery, which is a treatment option especially for adults with advanced stage knee osteoarthritis (calcification), is designed and performed individually.
Planning is done with three-dimensional modeling
This 3D model is used for advance planning. In other words, preoperative planning is done using software. According to the planning, bone incisions are made using a robotic arm during surgery. The entire surgery is under the management of the surgeon. Rearrangements can be made within the surgery. The surgeon performs the surgery using the robotic arm by matching the real-time projections of the surgical field with the previously planned planning via software.
Personalized knee surgery
A study has determined that implants are placed more accurately in line with a personalized surgical plan. It is important to understand that the surgery is performed by the orthopedic surgeon who directs the robotic arm during the surgery to position the implant into the knee joint. The robotic arm does not perform surgery, make decisions on its own, or move without the surgeon directing the robotic arm. The system also allows the surgeon to make adjustments to the plan as necessary during the surgery. Total knee replacement surgery is a method that has been used successfully for many years in patients with knee arthritis.
Advantages of robotic knee surgery
The advantages of robotic surgery in knee replacement surgeries are as follows:
"one. Excessive incisions are avoided by making personalized bone incisions.
2. Soft tissue damage is less.
3. The positioning of the implants is done in the most accurate way.
4. Postoperative pain level is low and recovery is faster.
5. Hospital stay is shorter.”