The robot helps the surgeon find the ideal ligament balancing for patients, helping them move better with less pain.
“We can achieve 90-100 percent accuracy when using a robot. The analogy I use with my patients is if we use the old technology for balancing tires on a car, at a low rate of speed you can’t tell the difference, but at higher speeds, you start noticing the precision of a wheel that’s balanced perfectly. Our patients today are really demanding those high speeds,” said Mark Wagner, MD, a partner at Oregon Surgical Institute.
The robot has already shown profitability, with more physicians operating at the center to use the technology.
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