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JOINT REPLACEMENT
Ochsner Medical Center has special operating rooms, medications, surgical staffing, anesthesia techniques and equipment dedicated to joint replacement surgery. The total joint surgeons use special blood preservation techniques and have a very low transfusion rate following surgery. Ochsner is experienced in all the major techniques for joint replacement, including minimally invasive robotically assisted MAKO techniques.
In 2014, Ochsner’s highly specialized team took care of more hip replacement revision patients than the national average and performs as many knee replacement revisions as the national average.
MAKOplasty®: ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED SURGERY
Ochsner’s Total Joint Team was an early adopter of robotically assisted surgery and was the first in the area to use the RIO® robotic arm. MAKOplasty® Partial Knee Resurfacing is an advanced treatment option. It is powered by the RIO® Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System, which allows the surgeon to perform surgery accurately through a smaller incision relative to manual procedures. By selectively targeting the part of the knee damaged by osteoarthritis (OA), surgeons can resurface the knee while sparing the healthy bone and ligaments surrounding the damage. This technique permits optimal
prosthesis positioning, less pain, a more natural feeling knee following surgery and more a rapid recovery
and a shorter hospital stay compared to traditional total knee resurfacing surgery. Total hip surgery is also improved by using the robotic arm, allowing for more accurate placement of your hip prosthesis, which can reduce the likelihood of hip dislocation and provide more consistency in leg length, potentially decreasing the need for a shoe lift and the risk of impingement and dislocation. In addition, this may improve the
life expectancy of the hip replacement. The Ochsner Orthopedic Total Joint team has performed more than 160 robotically assisted joint surgeries since 2013.
VOLUMES:
2013: 10 hips and 23 knees 2014: 60 hips and 78 knees
A NEW TREATMENT MODEL FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY
In 2014, Ochsner’s Orthopedics and Anesthesiology Departments worked together to improve patient outcomes and reduce length of stay by implementing a new care model for hip replacement patients.
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