Robotic Surgery
What is robotic surgery?
Robotic-assisted orthopaedic surgery involves the use of advanced robotic systems to assist surgeons during various orthopaedic procedures. These systems provide real-time imaging and feedback, allowing surgeons to perform procedures with unmatched accuracy and precision. Robotic assistance can be utilized in a wide range of orthopaedic surgeries, including knee replacement and hip replacement.
Why does Dr Nathan Eardley-Harris use robotic surgery?
Dr Eardley-Harris believes the true benefit of Robotic-Assisted surgery comes down to the accuracy, precision, and safety, carefully customised to your surgery, prosthetic & limb. Through the robotic platform, this involves a thorough planning for the size of the proposed implants of your knee as well as the amount of bone to be resected. The specialised tools of the robotic arm allow minimised soft tissue damage with feedback guided by the computer to the safe boundaries of the knee. Dr Eardley-Harris is in control at all times of the robot and uses the robotic arm and computer to replicate accurate surgery of the plans to within 1 degree and 1 millimetre using real time feedback and navigation.
While Dr Eardley-Harris has been trained in joint replacement both with conventional methods and robotic methods, robotic-assisted knee replacement has benefits in accuracy, precision and safety.
Meet Nathan
He has subspecialty, post-fellowship training in hip preservation surgery and joint replacement, including robotic & technology-assisted surgery across all approaches, including the direct anterior approach. Through compassion, communication, collaboration & competence, Nathan aims to build patient-surgeon trust, helping you understand your condition and the options available to empower you to make better treatment decisions toward your personal recovery goals. With stronger, better-informed patient-surgeon relationships, evidence-based surgical techniques and the latest assistive technology, Nathan aims to provide patients with the best possible care.
Comprehensive Surgical Care
A joint decision between you and Dr Eardley-Harris has been made to proceed with surgery after discussion of the risks and benefits of the procedure.
You may need special equipment to prepare your home for your return.
Comprehensive Surgical Care
Frequently Asked Questions
While Dr Eardley-Harris has been trained in joint replacement both with conventional methods and robotic methods, robotic-assisted knee replacement has benefits in personalised accuracy, precision, and safety. Though there may be a need for the conventional methods in certain scenarios, where available, Dr Eardley-Harris uses the technology to make the process smoother and safer for you.
In surgery, special pins with trackers are inserted into the bones, and the knee is mapped out with a special pointer for specific areas of the joint. This allows the robot to identify where your bones are and how that compares to the imaging in its memory bank and detailed personalised plan. There is verification that this is accurate before proceeding. The robotic arm is then utilised by the surgeon to make precise bone cuts to allow for optimised prosthesis implantation.
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