Vejthani Hospital offers Computer Assisted Replacement Surgery on knee arthroplasty

Vejthani Hospital Bangkok offers Computer Assisted Replacement Surgery on knee arthroplasty, the intelligent medical surgery software at TJR Center of Vejthani Hospital.

In CAS, the computer is installed with medical surgery software and is connected to a surgical infra-red camera and specialized surgical instruments. The surgeon uses a knee surgery computer system to perform the knee replacement. This allows for more precision and accuracy during the surgery.

The surgeon can see the computer-generated image in real time while performing the operation. The alignment of the knee replacement implant is more accurate (accuracy of 0.5 mm and 0.5 degrees) and predictable compared to how it would be when doing surgery just with naked eyes.

The system acts as a GPS for the human body helping the surgeon by providing real-time navigation information and enhanced 3-D visualization. The International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery is a non-profit organization working towards the growth of this field.

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Computer assisted surgery is the beginning of a revolution in surgery. It has already made a great difference in high precision surgical domains, but it is also used in standard surgical procedures.

Advantages:

• CAS starts with the premise of a much better visualization of the operative field, thus allowing a more accurate preoperative diagnostic and a well-defined surgical plan, by using surgical planning in a preoperative virtual environment.
• The surgeon can easily assess most of the surgical difficulties and risks and have a clear idea about how to optimize the surgical approach and decrease surgical morbidity science of designing user interaction with equipment and work places to fit the user.
• During the operation, the computer guidance improves the geometrical accuracy of the surgical gestures and also reduces the redundancy of the surgeon's acts.
• Lesser chance of blood clotting
• Minimal invasive surgery
• Less pain

Source Vejthani Hospital