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FROM PL ANNING TO E XECUTION, ROBOTICœARM TECHNOLOGY HELPS ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS INDIVIDUALIZE JOINT REPL ACEMENT SURGERY ACCORDING TO E ACH PATIENT'S SPECIFIC ANATOMY, RESULTING IN INCRE ASED ACCUR ACY AND PRECISION DURING ARTHROPL AST Y PROCEDURES. NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN QUEENS Robotic-arm-assisted Arthroplasty Advances Surgical Precision BY JOSH GARCIA THE FIRST ROBOTICŽARMŽA SSISTED a r throplast y was performed at NewYork- Presby teria n Queens in Aug ust 2017 a nd wa s led by Adit ya M. Dera sa ri, MD, or thopedic surgeon, Director of Tota l Joint A r thropla st y Ser vice at NewYork- Presby teria n Queens a nd A ssista nt Professor of Clinica l Or thopaedic Surger y at Weill Cornell Medicine. "Since then, we've performed somewhere between 50 and 100 robotic surgeries among a ll of the or thopedic surgeons," Dr. Derasari says. "I ty pica lly complete between two and four operations with the robotic arm in a given week." According to Dr. Derasa ri, the robotic a rm helps surgeons limit va riability a nd improve the accuracy of bone remova l during tota l hip a nd knee replacements or pa r tia l knee replacements, especia lly for patients with unique deformities, complications or components from previous a r throplast y surgeries. "Surgeons ca n be ex tremely precise with the robot," Dr. Derasa ri says. " We're sta r ting to use t he robotic a r m on more complex ca ses a nd a re seeing good, reproducible outcomes." 1 4❱❱❱❱❱ S P E C I A L F E A T U R E Robert Li, MD, attending orthopedic surgeon and Aditya M. Derasari, MD, orthopedic surgeon, Director of Total Joint Arthroplasty Service at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine 1 4