Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 13 June 2019
- Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust surgeons are among the first in the country to use robotic assisted knee replacement surgery.
- Currently, between 10-20% of patients who undergo knee surgery are disappointed with the outcome and often need revision surgery. According to Professor Deehan, consultant orthopaedic surgeon, part of the solution to such is tailoring implant position in the joint to match the patient’s soft tissues. Robotic assisted surgery offers the promise of improving the surgeons’ ability to achieve this.”
