Orthopedic robots are coming! Replacement of artificial joints is easier
Taiwan's artificial knee replacement surgery is synchronized with the world, and about 2 years ago, a robot arm was introduced to replace artificial knee joints. The robotic arm is equivalent to an orthopedic surgeon's third eye and third hand, and with its assistance, artificial half-knee surgeries are more accurate, wounds are smaller, and recovery is faster. Patients can walk home on the same day or the next day after surgery, or even go to work directly after discharge, saving recovery time and fulfilling a better quality of life, representing a new era of minimally invasive, precise, dynamic, 3D, and quantitative orthopedic surgery.
Navigating right in the middle of the surgery Precise execution with small wounds
According to research, the failure rate of robotic arm surgery can be reduced to 1/10 of traditional surgery, and the precision is increased by 3-4 times. The director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the China Medical Center, Mr. Xu Hongchang, said that the robotic arm surgery needs to be done before the operation of the affected side of the three-dimensional computerized tomography scan (from the hip joint all the way up to the ankle joint), and then transferred to the robotic arm for pre-operative planning and intra-operative execution of the required. The surgeon can interact visually and tactilely with the robot arm's computer during surgery, adjusting the optimal position at any time, both statically and dynamically, thus improving surgical precision.
The introduction of the robotic arm opens a new chapter in orthopedic surgery
Director Xu Hongchang pointed out that the robotic arm surgery is also better than the computer navigation surgery, the computer navigation surgery can only guide you to do how to do, but in the "execution" can not be controlled, so it is still possible to produce the "exceptions" to the situation. The robot arm is different, because the implementation of visual and tactile help, can ensure that the implementation of the surface more accurate, which is similar to the car navigation can guide you from A to B, but it can not help you drive safely and accurately (implementation of the surface).
According to statistics, there are more than 380 robotic arm machines in 15 countries, and more than 100,000 people have already undergone this type of surgery, which is capable of performing total hip and knee replacements.
This is not a dream!
Xu Hongchang said, through the robotic arm replacement of the knee joint damage less, less scar tissue, more to maintain the patient's original knee joint, the patient often do not feel that there is a surgery, daily activities or sports almost back to the original, unlike the traditional total knee replacement, the need to re-"learn" and "adapt", and even "change"! This is not like traditional total knee replacement, which requires re-learning and adapting, or even "changing" the original kinematics, and therefore generally results in higher patient satisfaction.
The study also showed that precise technique of replacing the medial artificial hemi-knee also improves the stability of the patient's patellofemoral joint and reduces the degree of further deterioration; precise replacement of the lateral artificial hemi-knee also improves the stability of the medial femur and tibia as well as the joint space. In addition, the precise placement of the artificial half-knee joint can slow down the phenomenon of degenerative arthritis in other bone joints caused by one part of the joint, and prevent the disease from falling into a vicious circle.
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