Vejthani Hospital brings Digital Lightbox to help surgeon plan the surgery pre-operatively

Vejthani Hospital Bangkok brought intelligent medical equipment in Orthopedic Knee Surgery, the so called "Digital lightbox", this can be used to enhance the capability of the Image Guided surgery (Computer Assisted Navigation System) for total joint replacement surgery. The benefit of using this digital lightbox is that the system will enable for surgeon to see pre-operative patient's joint in 3 dimensional views on high resolution display. Therefore, the surgeon can able to plan such as sizing and positioning accurately using Navigation system. It helps the surgeon in proper positioning of total joint arthroplasty and that will extend the use of knee artificial.

Senior Group Captain Chumroonkiet Leelasestaporn, M.D. Director of Total Joint Replacement Center of Vejthani Hospital evaluates a study comparing the use and non-use of Navigation system after collecting the result from a number of patients treated by total knee replacement surgery. The result shows that the position of knee implant using an image guided surgery system can reduce the deviation of knee implant position by 53.8% and the best accurate placement is the objective of this surgical treatment due to the fact that there's only 2-3 degree of error can lead to the pain of patient, implant wear, loosening and need for revision. Therefore, accuracy plays a great role for total knee replacement, and it could help extends the use of knee artificial.

By using this computer assisted surgical system, surgeon can view the real-time movement of knee joint continuously, most especially if surgeon decides to operate by using minimal invasive technique that can decrease patient recovery time and allow surgeon to recheck the accuracy inside the operating room.

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Vejthani Hospital also brings Digital Lightbox, to help surgeon plan the surgery pre-operatively. The benefit of this system is that the surgeon can quickly and easily browse the patients' database on-line and off-line. Chumroonkiet Leelasestaporn, M.D. Emphasized total knee replacement surgery is the most important operation for the first time patient not only patient need to pay a lot of money for revision surgery and the result is not as good as the first surgery. It is important for the patient to study and consult the doctor for the best treatment plan and procedure.