Computer Navigation for Total Knee Replacement Surgeon in Erie, PA
Computer-assisted navigation technology is the most recent tool for aiding the surgeons to carry out the joint replacement with utmost accuracy averting any human errors. Navigation assists to decrease errors while surgery by offering real-time visual information with respect to the accuracy of the bone cuts, positioning of the implants, balancing of the ligament, and final alignment of the limb. Dr. German provides diagnosis and minimally invasive total knee replacement using computer navigation in Erie, PA.
Dr. German also provides highly specialized care during and after surgery.
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What is Computer Navigation for Total Knee Replacement?
Computer navigation provides your surgeon with real-time 3-D images of your mapped knee and the surgical instruments during surgery. The data for the images is provided by infrared sensors fixed to the bones of the knee and surgical instruments. Their position is tracked by an infrared camera placed above the surgical table, which is connected to a computer. The computer then generates real-time images with the help of the appropriate software to guide your surgeon to precisely resurface and cut the bones of the knee, and fix the implant precisely and accurately according to the preoperative surgical plan.
The surgery is performed entirely by your surgeon. Computer navigation is just a tool to guide your surgeon and ensure accuracy. It cannot replace the skills of an experienced surgeon.
What is Total Knee Replacement?
A total knee replacement surgery involves replacing the damaged surfaces of the articulating bones with artificial implants. Most of these implants wear with use. Thus, the need for revision surgery is high if you are young and active, and if the implant must last your lifetime. Precise alignment can help extend the life of the implants and this can be achieved using computer navigation for total knee replacement surgery.
Indications for Total Knee Replacement
A total knee replacement surgery is the last resort to relieve pain and restore function in the knee that is damaged by arthritis or an injury when non-surgical treatments do not relieve the condition.
Advantages of Computer Navigation for Total Knee Replacement
Computer navigation for total knee replacement has the following advantages:
- Allows accurate positioning of the knee prosthesis in relation to the mechanical axis of the leg
- Accurate alignment helps lower the rate of wear and tear and improves the longevity of the implants
- May improve soft-tissue balancing
- Offers better functional outcome
- Lower loss of blood
If you would like to have additional information on knee treatments or would like to learn more about computer-navigated total knee replacement surgery, please contact Dr. German serving the communities of Erie, PA
Other Knee Procedures
- Total Knee Replacement
- Robotic Unicondylar Knee Replacement
- Revision Knee Replacement
- Verilast Technology for Knee Replacement
- Knee Arthroscopy
- Minimally Invasive Knee Joint Replacement
- Patient Specific Knee Replacement
- Patellofemoral Knee Replacement
- Unicompartmental/Partial Knee Replacement
- Computer Navigation for Total Knee Replacement
- Outpatient Total Knee Replacement
- Custom-fitted Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Robotic Assisted Knee Replacement
- After Knee Replacement
- Quadriceps Tendon Repair
- Knee Fracture Surgery
- Meniscal Surgery
- Arthroscopic Debridement
- Bicompartmental Knee Resurfacing
- Chondroplasty
- Non-Surgical Knee Treatments
- Physical Therapy for Knee
- Periprosthetic Knee Fracture Fixation
- Viscosupplementation
