Robotic-Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery
Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville and Northwest Health Physicians' Specialty Hospital offer knee replacement procedures with robotic-assisted technology. Northwest Medical Center - Bentonville has been offering this service since 2014, and were the first hospital in the state of Arkansas to do so. This technology improves the way joint replacement surgery is performed, enabling most patients to have a more predictable surgical experience with increased accuracy.
With traditional knee replacement surgery, doctors have to make several large incisions. Using robotic-assisted techniques, orthopedic surgeons require only a few small ones. Surgeons use a virtual 3D model to customize each patient's surgical plan prior to the procedure. They then guide the robotic arm to perform the surgery. For many patients, this means faster recovery and more accurate alignment for greater stability and mobility.
The total knee application is a knee replacement treatment option designed to relieve the pain caused by joint degeneration due to osteoarthritis. Through CT and X-ray-based modeling of bone anatomy, surgeons can create a personalized surgical plan and identify the implant size, orientation and alignment based on each patient’s unique anatomy. The robotic system also enables surgeons to virtually modify the surgical plan intra-operatively and assists the surgeon in executing bone resections.
Credentialed to perform these procedures at Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville and Northwest Health Physicians' Specialty Hospital are the following specialty-trained robotic-certified orthopedic surgeons: