Here are four insights:
1. The Mako system is a surgeon-controlled robotic arm system that enables accurate alignment and positioning of hip and partial knee implant placement.
2. George Aguiar, MD, and Brad Boyd, DO, are among the first to use the Mako Robotic-Arm system.
3. Dr. Aguiar is the chairman of orthopedics at Reston Hospital Center, and Dr. Boyd is an orthopedic surgeon.
4. The advantages of the Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted joint replacement allows the surgeon to combine the preoperative 3-D model CT scan with intraoperative robotic templating to align the hip and knee components and leg length to a level of accuracy that was not previously achievable without the robotic guidance.
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