Coastal Orthopedics, a full-service provider of comprehensive orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, spine care, diagnostic imaging and physical therapy service, recently celebrated the completion of its 1,000th robotic knee replacement surgery.
Coastal Orthopedics has been performing outpatient knee replacement surgeries since 2014. In an effort to expand its outpatient knee replacement surgery offerings, in October 2021, Coastal Orthopedics became the first practice in the region to offer Stryker’s Mako Robotic-Arm assisted total and partial knee replacement procedures at an outpatient surgery center.
Stryker Mako SmartRobotics™ consists of three unique components – 3D CT-based planning, AccuStop™ haptic technology and insightful data analytics. In clinical studies, Mako Total and Partial Knee demonstrated the potential for patients to experience less pain, less need for opiate analgesics, less need for inpatient physical therapy, reduction in length of hospital stay, improved knee flexion, and soft tissue protection in comparison to manual techniques. The technology also allows orthopedic surgeons to cut less, which can result in less soft tissue damage and greater bone preservation.
Following the personalized pre-operative plan, the surgeon guides the robotic arm during bone preparation to execute the predetermined surgical plan and to position the implant. By selectively targeting only the part of the knee damaged by osteoarthritis, surgeons can resurface the diseased portion of the knee while helping to spare the healthy bone and ligaments surrounding the knee joint. Studies have shown that robotic-arm assisted partial knee replacement is two to three times more accurate than manual partial knee replacement procedures.
Robotic-arm-assisted surgery offers patients a new standard of precision, enhancing surgical outcomes to an even greater degree. It also enables patients to benefit from the latest advancements in healthcare locally, without the additional costs of traveling to a teaching hospital or university.
To celebrate the milestone, representatives from Stryker brought in celebratory balloons and had a luncheon with Coastal Orthopedics’ Ambulatory Surgery Center team on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
“We are proud to have provided this advanced technology to over 1,000 of our patients,” said Dr. Alan Valadie, board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Coastal Orthopedics. “We believe our continued investment in cutting-edge technology keeps us at the forefront of delivering exceptional orthopedic care to our community.”
