Computer Navigation Knee Replacements

Computer Navigation Knee Replacements

Accurate alignment of the knee components is critical to the overall function of your new joint,and it also plays a role in helping your joint feel healthy again, and helping the joint replacement to potentially last longer. Computer-assisted technology has made it possible to navigate joint replacement procedures with a level of accuracy so precise it may improve the results of your surgery

Benfits :
Potential advantages of Computer Navigation:

Provides comprehensive data about anatomy, alignment, and component position which may result in more exact placement of your joint replacement.
Allows the surgeon to more accurately plan for your surgery with the use of digital images of your hip, knee and ankle.
Provides the surgeon with more control, feedback and the ability to correct potential errors during the surgery.
Allows for better visualization of anatomy with less need for exposure, which is particularly important when minimally-invasive techniques are used.

There are several potential benefits for those who have computer-assisted surgery with their total joint replacement, including:

May increase the life of your replacement.
Reduces the risk of dislocation and revision surgery
Results in greater stability and range of motion.
Helps improve the overall function of your joint replacement

Computer-assisted surgery may allow for less-invasive surgical techniques, which have several other potential advantages, including:

Reduced blood loss during surgery, which lessens the need for a blood transfusion.
Faster recovery.
Reduced length of your hospital stay
Shorter post-operative physical rehabilitation.
Less scarring

Computer Navigation Knee Replacements

Computer Navigation Knee Replacements

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