{"id":9689,"date":"2023-10-20T16:20:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T06:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/uncategorized\/robotic-surgery-improving-ortho"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:20:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T06:20:54","slug":"robotic-surgery-improving-ortho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/news\/robotic-surgery-improving-ortho","title":{"rendered":"Robotic-assisted surgery improving orthopaedic outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Robotic-assisted surgery improving orthopaedic outcomes<\/h1>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9690 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/robotic-surgery-simon.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Simon Perkins with the state-of-the-art robotic technology \" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/robotic-surgery-simon-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/robotic-surgery-simon-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/robotic-surgery-simon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/robotic-surgery-simon-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/robotic-surgery-simon.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/>A growing number of orthopaedic surgery patients at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) are benefitting from state-of-the-art robotic surgical technology with improved outcomes and faster recovery.<\/h4>\n<p>In the last nine months, orthopaedic surgeons have performed 379 surgeries using the cutting-edge technology \u2013 40 per cent more than the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>TPCH orthopaedic surgeons use the robotic technology for full and partial knee replacements, facilitating surgeries that are more accurate than manual procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Director Orthopaedic Surgery Dr Simon Perkins said that robotic technology allows for virtual planning before the operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore surgery, a patient will have a special CT scan to create a 3D model of their joint. This means the optimal implant size, shape, and position can be built prior to surgery,\u201d Dr Perkins said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe ability to individualise the surgical procedure reduces the chance for soft tissue damage and the size of the surgical site, helping optimise the outcome and recovery for the patient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our patients who undergo knee replacement surgery are over 55 years, and often have anatomy that would mean surgery using older methods of joint replacement would be challenging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur experience at TPCH is that our patients have less pain and a quicker recovery, allowing them to leave hospital sooner and return to their normal daily activities. It means we can offer patients next-generation surgery with excellent outcomes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>TPCH was the first public hospital in Queensland with the technology. It also performs the most hip and knee replacements out all public hospitals in Queensland, with surgeons having performed over 1,300 robotic-assisted surgeries since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The technology was funded by The Common Good.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of orthopaedic surgery patients at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) are benefitting from state-of-the-art robotic surgical technology with improved outcomes and faster recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":9690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1468],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-tpch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9691,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9689\/revisions\/9691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}