A study by Dr. Geoffrey Westrich and colleagues at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) found knee replacement performed with robotic assistance led to a lower complication rate in the first three ...

Increasing numbers of younger people are opting for knee replacement, unwilling to take arthritis pain sitting down. Surgical advances such as computer-assisted surgery have made it a viable option ...

Kenneth Krackow, MD, a pioneer of joint replacement and arthroplasty procedures, died Jan. 9.  Dr. Krackow was an orthopedic surgeon and professor of orthopedics at the University of Buffalo (N.Y.) ...

Surgeons began using computer-assisted joint replacement surgery just more than two years ago. RRMC is one of the first hospitals in Vermont to purchase the equipment. Approximately 400 replacement ...

Sharp Hospitals Announce Robotic‐Assisted Total Knee Replacement Surgery Using MAKOplasty Technology. Photo courtesy Sharp Hospitals. On May 5, Sharp Coronado Hospital Orthopedic Surgeon Jeremy ...

Computer-assisted total knee replacements result in better leg alignment, less likelihood of infection and lower early failure rates than conventional surgeries, according to a study of 1,000 robotic ...

When knee surgery is the option, orthopedic surgeons at Saint Peter’s University Hospital can use the latest robotics technology manufactured by Smith & Nephew to perform partial and total knee ...

February 20, 2007 (San Diego) — Cardiac embolic load is significantly lower during computer-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) than during conventional intramedullary-aligned TKA, according ...