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MAKO’s Robot Now Does Hip Surgery (written by Walter Eisner @ OTW)
After receiving FDA clearance in February 2010, MAKO Surgical Corp.'s RIO Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System is now commercially available for use in total hip replacement surgeries.
MAKO has had a robotic system for partial knee resurfacing procedures for five years and now offers surgeons and patients the same technology for hip surgery.
The system is called MAKOplasty Total Hip Arthroplasty.
The surgeon's ability to accurately align and position implants is well known as a potential source of complications associated with conventional hip replacement surgery. According to a September 19 statement from MAKO, a recently published Massachusetts General Hospital study reported that, over a sustained period of study of 1,823 hips, only 50% of acetabular cups were positioned in the acceptable range.
Lawrence Dorr, M.D., founder and medical director of The Dorr Arthritis Institute in Los Angeles, said the system, "provides a significant advantage to me as a surgeon and to my patients. It provides quantitative knowledge for what were difficult judgment decisions inherent in manually pe...
