Southcoast Health adds CT-free robotics with the NAVIO Surgical System for partial knee replacement surgery

FALL RIVER – Southcoast Health recently announced that partial knee replacement surgeries are now being offered with the Navio Surgical System.

According to Southcoast Health, the Navio system provides computer and robotic assistance that helps surgeons perform accurate and precise partial knee replacement surgeries. The system collects precise information about the patient’s knee for the surgeon to use and create a patient-specific surgical plan. The surgeon uses a robotics-assisted hand-piece to accurately prepare the bone surface for implant placement. Partial replacements have several advantages over total knee replacement – less pain, faster rehabilitation, shorter hospital stays and a knee that feels more normal, reported Southcoast Health.

A Navio robotics-assisted partial knee replacement has no special pre-operative preparation or post-operative recovery protocol, and does not require a CT-scan. The system does not perform the procedure; rather, it offers the surgeon robotic and computer assistance. Physicians must undergo specialized training before being certified to perform the Navio robotic partial knee replacement, said Peter Cohenno, Southcoast Health spokesman.

Some 150 surgeons in the United States perform the Navio robotic partial knee replacement surgery. Four of them are at Southcoast Health, and they have performed more than 75 such operations, Cohenno said. Because the Navio system is portable, it can be accessed by surgeons at both St. Luke’s and Charlton Memorial hospitals.

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The Navio system is not the only robotic used by Southcoast Health; Cohenno reported that the health care system also uses the da Vinci system at St. Luke’s and Charlton Memorial hospitals for urologic, gynecologic, general surgery and thoracic cases.

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