Orthopaedicsurgeons at The Yorkshire Clinic have been trained in the use of a special ROSAknee system – a robotic technology which can assist them with total kneereplacements. The kneeis one of the most complex joints in the body, but wear and tear, arthritis orinjury can leave people with pain and limited mobility. Oftenthe cartilage between the knee cap (patella) and the bones it connects to (thethigh and shin bones) wears away.
The pain can besevere and flexibility of the joint is diminished. Replacing the knee jointwith an artificial one has long been a successful form of surgery. It has been suggested that robotic surgery is linked to reduced pain,lower use of pain relief, fewer physiotherapy sessions and an overall improvedknee function following surgery.
Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Traditionally knee replacement surgery hasbeen about getting rid of patient’s pain, whereas now what we are trying tofocus on is not just getting rid of their pain, but also improving theirfunction. Mr James Hahnel addedthat the robot assisted with the surgery, acting as ‘a very accurate eye’ to takemeasurements and place pins in the thigh and shin bones, and assess thepatient’s personal anatomy, so that the replacement knee can be implantedextremely accurately.
“Itmeans a knee replacement which fun.