Case in point: In a hospital in Turkey’s Bursa more than 100 patients have been treated thanks to a robotic surgery for knee and hip replacement that has been helping doctors for 1 1/2 years with millimetric accuracy.
Before the surgery, doctors pass on the necessary information about the patient’s operation to the robot. The use of robots in surgery eliminates possible errors along with additional costs.
More than 100 orthopedic patients have been treated so far.
Professor Ömer Faruk Bilgen, a member of the High Advisory Board of the Turkish Health Tourism Development Council and the chairperson of the board of the private Medicabil Hospital, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that robotic surgery, which was previously used in different surgical branches, has also been used in the field of orthopedics in recent years.
Bilgen stated that this method is used extensively in orthopedic surgery around the world. “In Turkey, robotic surgery is performed in five (medical) centers, including our hospital.”
Bilgen emphasized that robotic surgery had the technological capacity to ensure error-free operation as he mentioned the advantages of the system.
“This robot eliminates human error and provides the opportunity to place a prosthesis that the patient can use for 30 to 35 years. (Today,) we can use robotic prosthetic surgery in the hip and knee joint.”
