Monthly Archives: October 2015

Posted in Knee Resurfacing • Partial Knee Rep

McLaren Bay Region, MI offers MAKOplasty Partial Knee Resurfacing

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…McLaren Bay Region now offers MAKOplasty Partial Knee Resurfacing and MAKOplasty Total Hip Replacement procedures, performed using the Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System marketed by MAKO Surgical Corp. This technology uses a surgeon-controlled robotic arm system that enables accurate alignment and placement of implants…

…Accuracy is key in planning and performing both partial knee and total hip procedures,??? Dr. Kurdi said. ???For a good outcome, you need to align and position the implants just right. This robotics system enables surgeons to personalize partial knee and total hip arthroplasties to achieve optimal results at a level of accuracy and reproducibility previously unattainable with conventional instrumentation.???

McLaren Bay Region
1900 Columbus Ave
Bay City, MI 48708
(989) 894-3000

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Smith & Nephew Aquire Blue Belt Computer Assisted System

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Smith & Nephew is jumping into the growing field of robotically assisted knee surgery by acquiring Plymouth???s Blue Belt Technologies for $275 million…

…Blue Belt makes a computer-assisted surgical drill called the Navio that is approved for partial-knee replacement surgeries. The computer allows a doctor to treat a partly arthritic knee by precisely drilling out a compartment in a patient???s lower femur bone to make space for a new metal implant…

…Blue Belt???s Navio system has no robotic arm. Rather, the doctor uses a freehand bone drill whose bur is retracted or stopped automatically when the computer senses that the tool is outside the three-dimensional zone where bone is supposed to be cut…… Read the Rest

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Less Blood Loss in Computer Assisted Surgery TKA

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Use of an abbreviated computer navigation protocol during total knee replacement reduced blood loss compared arthroplasty performed with conventional intramedullary instrumentation, according to study results…

…Overall, results showed computer-assisted surgery decreased blood loss for all primary outcome measures.… Read the Rest

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New Method to Control Post Op Bleeding in TKR

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…The use of an autologous bone plug to seal the intramedullary femoral canal has been shown to be effective in reducing postoperative bleeding…

…They observed that patients without a femoral bone plug required significantly more blood transfusions…

Ettore Vulcano, MD; Gianmarco M. V. Regazzola, MD; Luigi Murena, MD; Mario Ronga, MD; Paolo Cherubino, MD; Michele F. Surace, MD

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