In the operating room, a robot that could improve knee replacement outcomes.

(This article appears in The Summit Daily News)

Historically in the U.S., total knee replacement surgery carries a 20 percent risk of lingering chronic pain, but Vail-Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery is using a new technology that surgeons hope will reduce that risk.

“ROSA, which stands for Robotic Surgical Assistant, is a very exciting opportunity to better influence outcomes of total knee replacement,” said Dr. Nathan Cafferky, a total joint and reconstruction surgeon at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery.

Innovation in total knee replacement surgery isn’t new — Dr. Cafferky said there have been many technologies over the years that have tried to improve outcomes.

What makes ROSA different is that it’s combining all of these other technologies into one platform while operating as a surgical assistant.

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