HSS’ Use of Robotics in Surgery (Orthopedics This Week)
Todd Albert, M.D. is surgeon-in-chief and medical director and Korein-Wilson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York. Dr. Albert, president-elect of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), knows that as a surgeon, it’s good to control what you can control. One way of doing this that incorporates the value of listening to patients is by using a technology they are asking for—robotics.
“A full 1% of all joint replacements in the entire country are performed at HSS,” says Dr. Albert to OTW. “People se...
