"In the second part of this insightful series, Dr. Rewat Laxman, Senior Consultant in Orthopaedics, Sports Injury, and Joint ...

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Joint Replacement Surgery Part II | Dr. Rewat Laxman I MHSR

I'm Dr Rat lakman I'm a senior consultant Orthopedics joint replacement sports injuries and Trauma at manipal hospital sarjapur Road the deformity being a ble or a knock knee deformity which are commonly encountered some people also have stiff knees you know lack of bending some people have stiff hips some people have deformed hips some people have Painful hips so all these conditions are taken into consideration while doing a CT scan and it is fed into a computer program which will be assessed by experts and then a pre-programmed or a preliminary surgical plan is generated which is again compared with the actual deformity of the patient on table so what computer does is what robot does is initially in a conventional knee replacement you tend to lose about minimum of 8 to 9 mm of bone from the distal part of your femur that was suggested by The Jig which is available with the implants nowadays we get away with about 4.5 to 5 mm of bone cuts which is very minimal and reducing the bone cuts by about 40% it will also the angle of the cuts are such that it will lead to more accurate fitting of the implants if the implants are fitted better then the longevity and the pain which is experienced by the patient post the surgery is also reduced the behab time is reduced by about 40% patients are most Pro more better toilet train by the time they leave the hospital they're more happy and they can get back to their normal life as early as possible using a robotic surgery so robotic surgery all in all is a boon to the practice of joint replacement surgeries it has completely change the scenario and change the game there is a paradigm shift on the expectations of our patients nowadays everybody wants to sit cross-legged although we tell them not to sit on the floor so most of the people they sit on the bed on their sofa because that kind of activity sitting cross leg is very innate to an Indian population once they're able to sit cross leg they feel that the entire rehab is complete it makes them more whole there is no restrictions to their life taking stairs you know walking swiftly all these activities are possible and it has been made possible by the accuracy which is provided by the robotic surgery so I welcome you all to come and experience the advantages and disadvantages of Robotics discuss with our team and we will get back to you with the solutions which are provided more accurately using a robotic surgery technique thank you for your kind attention [Music]

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