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Getting a Knee Up on
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 676,000 Americans undergo surgery annually to resolve chronic knee pain or swelling. Lenox Hill Hospital now offers a new robotic procedure to help sufferers leave knee pain behind and get back to life.
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MAKOplasty® allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive partial knee and total hip replacements while providing patients with renewed functionality.
“The MAKO robot is an advanced tool used to make joint replacement safer, more effective and less invasive,” said Matthew Hepinstall, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital. “It improves and reduces the variability of surgical outcomes by eliminating small human errors that can adversely affect patient results. The robot markedly improves accuracy and precision while reshaping damaged bone surfaces during joint replacement and allows the surgeon to obtain objective feedback about ligament tension, deformity correction and limb length to ensure that optimal joint mechanics are achieved.”
Is It Right for Me?
Over time, the knee can wear out, causing pain and swelling. Being overweight, having a previous knee injury, having improper joint alignment, or participating in repetitive motions or actions that put strain on the knee can also impact knee health. If you are unable to perform daily tasks or are forgoing your favorite activities — like your morning stroll or a golf outing — it may be time to talk to your physician about surgery.
“The knee joint is anatomically divided into three regions,” Dr. Hepinstall said. “When degenerative arthritis develops in the knee,
Robotic-arm-assisted partial knee resurfacing precisely targets the parts of the knee damaged by osteoarthritis while sparing healthy bone and ligaments.
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