St. Joseph Medical Center is hosting a free Robotic Knee Replacement
Seminar on Thursday, April 15, at 6 p.m. virtually. They have invested in the NAVIO Surgical System, a cutting-edge platform that provides robotic assistance in knee replacement surgery. Robotic assistance enables surgeons with accuracy and precision – important factors in determining the long-term success of the surgery. Registration for the online event can be found here https://stjosephkc.com/webinars/
When the pain in your knees has become a pain in the neck to live with, you know you’re ready to discuss knee-replacement surgery. The good news is if you’re a candidate for traditional knee replacement surgery, then you’re also a candidate for robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery, and you can expect a better experience in every way. A customized fit, better balance, quicker recovery time and longer-term satisfaction. It’s a leaping bound forward.
“This is a game changer,” says Scott M. Abraham, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at St. Joseph Medical Center who specializes in the Navio ™ robotic-assisted knee replacement surgical system. “Think of it as a 3-D mapping system of a patient’s individual knee. The sophisticated software allows us to place the components more precisely and accurately to achieve a better fit for each patient. These less invasive techniques mean less trauma on the knee joint, resulting in better outcomes as we mobilize patients sooner with faster recovery times.”
As an industry leader in the region, Dr. Abraham performs hundreds of these surgeries annually, utilizing the Navio ™ technology in partial or total knee replacements.
“Any candidate for traditional knee replacement is also a candidate for robotic-assisted,” Dr. Abraham adds. “And the results continue to be exciting. We see patients often become more active than they were before they experienced knee problems—even participating in sports you would not expect, such as tennis and snow-skiing.”
So how do you know when you’re ready for knee surgery? Dr. Abraham explains:
“When patients suffer from knee pain due to worn cartilage from age, arthritis or injury, and when conservative measures have failed such as cortisone or joint-lubricating injections or anti-inflammatories, and when the knee pain is interfering with daily activities, that’s when we discuss knee replacement.”
St. Joseph Medical Center and Dr. Abraham are hosting a patient seminar on Thursday, April 15 at 6 p.m. virtually. To register for the event, or to learn more about who may benefit from a robotics-assisted knee replacement procedure, please visit the St. Joseph Medical Center website at https://stjosephkc.com/webinars/