REXBURG — Orthopedic surgeons at Madison Memorial Hospital can better personalize a knee replacement with new surgical assisting robotics. “The NAVIO allows us to customize the components to the patient’s anatomy,” Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Matheau Eysser says.
The hospital started using the technology late last year to improve care for surgical patients. Eysser says prior to the NAVIO Surgical System, surgeons had to generalize a prosthesis or implant to fit a patients femur and tibia. In the past, procedures have relied on manual guides, external pins and cutting jigs to remove damaged bone and place a prosthetic implant.
“However with this NAVIO we can map out their femur and tibia while we’re in surgery and then we can customize and critique where we want to put the implants during surgery,” Eysser says.
This new technology doesn’t replace the surgeon, as they’re controlling the robotic piece, but it does help the surgeon better plan and have more accuracy and precision during the procedure.
According to the medical manufacturer’s site, the NAVIO eliminates the need for a CT scan prior to surgery. While CT scans are helpful in mapping out knee anatomy it can expose a patient to potentially harmful radiation. One CT scan is comparable to 48 chest X-rays.
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