COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGICAL NAVIGATION
At Bone & Joint Physicians, our Orthopedic Surgeons employ the latest technology system termed “Computer-Assisted Surgical Navigation” to position new knees and hips with pinpoint accuracy. Using Computer Assisted Surgical Navigation, our surgeons can make adjustments within a fraction of a degree, helping to ensure your new joint has the stability and range of motion needed for a successful replacement. Specifically, the technology uses the latest advancements in science and computer engineering to make the procedure more accurate than joint surgery without it. This state-of-the- art technology means less pain, faster recovery and better range of motion. All of this translates into stronger, longer-lasting knees and hips.
Computer-Assisted Surgical Navigation starts with the premise of a much better visualization of the operative field. The most important component for Computer-Assisted Surgical Navigation is the development of an accurate model of the patient. This allows a more accurate preoperative diagnostic and a well defined surgical planning, the surgeon can more accurately plan for your surgery with a partial 3-dimensional model of your hip or knee. Using this technology, our surgeons can assess most of the surgical difficulties and risks, establish a clear idea about how to optimize the surgical approach and follow the plan during the procedure with the best possible accuracy.
Further, Computer-Assisted Surgical Navigation aids in guiding the correct anatomical position of body parts during the actual surgical intervention in real-time. With certain techniques, your surgeon may use pins that hold trackers around the incision site of your joint. These temporary placeholders give the computer key information and may make the surgery even more exact. Computer navigation allows a good fixation by osteosynthesis (replacement implant surgery).
Summary Overview
There are several potential benefits for those who have computer-assisted surgery with their total joint replacement:
● Designed to help your surgeon place joint replacement implants with precision, which
● May increase the life of your replacement
● Reduces the risk of dislocation and revision surgery
● Results in greater stability and range of motion
● Helps improve the overall function of your joint replacement
Computer-assisted surgery may allow for less-invasive surgical techniques, which have several other potential advantages, including:
● Reduced blood loss during surgery, which lessens the need for a blood transfusion Faster recovery Reduced length of your hospital stay
● Shorter post-operative physical rehabilitation
● Less scarring
Here at adopting Computer-Assisted Surgical Navigation as well as a great many other advanced technologies available in medicine today, we provide our patients the best possible care and chances for desirable outcomes for their specific Orthopedic needs.
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