Development of a surgical robot for cementless total hip replacement

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1469-8668|11|6|553-560

ISSN: 0263-5747

Source: Robotica, Vol.11, Iss.6, 1993-11, pp. : 553-560

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Abstract

The combination of robotics and medical imaging may soon provide orthopaedic surgeons with a tool that significantly increases the precision of cementless total hip replacement operations and directly links preoperative planning with surgical execution. Twenty-six successful robot-assisted operations have been performed on dogs and the first clinical trials on human patients have recently taken place.