In Italy, 109,000 operations per year are performed for hip prostheses (60% elderly and 40% young patients) and 79,000 for knee prostheses (70% elderly and 30% young people). The hip and knee prosthesis surgery is necessary when the patient is suffering from degenerative diseases of the joint (such as osteoarthritis) so severe as to cause him not only very severe pain, especially in the case of the elderly, but also the limitation of movements, even in a disabling way, reducing, mainly in young patients (under the age of 55), the carrying out of sports, work and social activities. It was discussed at the Rome American Hospital, a private clinic part of the Health Care Italy Rome group, presenting some very recent surgeries carried out in the structure.
These – continued Falez – are advanced navigation tools, included in the field of robotics, which are able to guide the surgeon, with extreme precision, in the insertion of the prostheses in the optimal position allowing greater functionality of the movements, less recovery times and less wear and tear over the years, with a higher quality of life. There is already a good published scientific literature supporting it which notes how robotic technology allows a better outcome of knee surgery both in terms of range of motion and functioning “. shorter recovery times and less wear and tear over the years, with a higher quality of life. There is already a good published scientific literature supporting it which notes how robotic technology allows a better outcome of knee surgery both in terms of range of motion and functioning “. shorter recovery times and less wear and tear over the years, with a higher quality of life. There is already a good published scientific literature supporting it which notes how robotic technology allows a better outcome of knee surgery both in terms of range of motion and functioning “.
OMNIBotics is a robotic system used by surgeons to accurately plan and perform total knee replacement. Its peculiarity consists in the dynamic assessment of the state of the ligaments, thanks to which the surgeon is able to measure the balance of the soft tissues with millimeter precision, and the balance of the joint, establishing which is the most suitable positioning for each individual patient. . The plan is thus optimized to restore correct leg alignment and good ligament balance, two critical factors for knee replacement results. “This procedure, one of a kind, reduces invasive soft tissue surgery, resulting in less post-operative pain and faster rehabilitation,
The other important tool available to orthopedic surgeons is the OPS (Optimized Positioning System), an innovative system for the total hip replacement procedure, which starts from the assumption that each patient moves differently and the replacement of the hip must take this into account. Thanks to OPS it is possible to determine in a precise and personalized way the orientation of the joint capsule to be implanted in the hip and using customized 3D printed instruments the intervention is carried out exactly as planned. Both systems are produced by Corin, a group specializing in orthopedic innovation. “Technological innovations are very important both to improve the outcomes of orthopedic surgery and to promote the training of young doctors because thanks to the support of artificial intelligence or robotic navigators they can compensate for the lack of experience in this area” explained engineer Giovanni Tegami, CEO of Corin Italia. And it is precisely to the training of doctors that the Rome American Hospital has dedicated a path of growth and deepening that will be supported by Corin as a partner for technologies.
“The OMNIBotics navigator, for example, is perfectly integrated with a cloud-based ecosystem, called CorinConnect, thanks to which surgeons can have access to a large amount of information, data and experiences generated by the use of these technologies around the world. ; just think that to date they have already been used for over 30 thousand interventions in North America, Asia and Europe, and now they will also be used in Italy. In this way the surgeon can make more targeted decisions, while at the same time contributing with his own experience to continuously refine the algorithms ”, added Tegami. Patients are then monitored also in the post-operative and rehabilitation phase, thanks to a mobile application that keeps the connection between surgeon and patient alive, offering videos of progressive exercises, informative articles and questionnaires to facilitate the rehabilitation process and help the surgeon monitor progress. The RPM app will be implemented in a few days in Italy and Professor Falez will be the first to use it for the interventions carried out at the Rome American Hospital.
“We have always conceived the Rome American Hospital as a state-of-the-art facility in technological innovation and also in this area in Italy and the only healthcare facility that possesses the entire system of Corin advanced technologies for hip and knee prostheses, thus contributing to propose the most up-to-date treatments to Italian patients as well – said Ilaria Micacchi, general manager of the HCIR Group – We are convinced that new technologies and training of healthcare personnel are two inseparable pillars for promoting progress in medicine for the benefit of patients “.
