THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR ROBOTIC KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY

 A robotic knee replacement is similar to a traditional knee replacement. Your surgeon removes damaged tissue in your knee and replaces it with an artificial joint. The difference is that it's done with assistance from a robotic arm or handheld robotic device (depending on the robotic system used for your surgery).

Whether you are in pain due to an old injury, or osteoarthritis is starting to attack your joints and aggravate your problems, you may be considering knee surgery to help achieve some relief. You may have heard about some of the benefits of robotic knee surgery and wonder if it’s right for you.

If you are indeed a candidate for robotic surgery, it might make the process of knee surgery easier and your recovery time shorter. Let us discuss further to help you make an informed decision.

 

Why Robotic Knee Surgery?

 

Giving you an alternative to a total knee replacement, which could take months to recover from, robotic-technology knee surgery is minimally invasive and requires a much shorter recovery time. The state-of-the-art robotic surgical equipment allows your surgeon to be as precise as possible during the surgery, eliminating any chances of things going wrong and ensuring total control.

 

Am I a candidate?

Now the question is who can get the robotic knee surgery: First, your doctor would have to decide whether you are a good candidate for robotic knee surgery based on your age, diet, lifestyle, the severity of your joint damage, etc. Patients who have osteoarthritis may be good candidates for robotic knee surgery if their condition hasn’t progressed too extensively. If the swelling, stiffness, and pain around your knee have become so bad that you can no longer take part in regular exercise and activities, be sure to tell your doctor that. If you find that anti-inflammatory medicines and physical therapy are no longer alleviating your pain or swelling, you might be ready for surgery.

 

The procedure

 

If one needs to understand that he/she is the right person to get the robotic knee replacement surgery, then one must understand how robotic surgery is performed on the knee.

After extensive scans and 3-D modeling, your robotic knee surgery can be transformed from an idea into a reality. The surgery itself is performed by a surgeon – not by an actual robot! – but with the help of robotic technology. With this help, the robotic component can keep the approach minimally invasive, spare good tissue, reduce the amount of blood loss during the surgery, and reduce damage to adjacent organs and systems.

All of those factors will help keep your recovery time shorter and offer an easier healing process as compared with traditional surgery.

 

Sohana Hospital has the most renowned orthopedic surgeon in India with hundreds of successful joint replacement surgeries in his pockets. Our experienced doctors make the best of the equipment available here to give you the relief you seek and get you back on your legs.