MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center’s joint surgeons adapt new device for shoulder replacements

MemorialCare Joint Replacement Center at Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center installed the ExactechGPS Guided Personalized Surgery for shoulder replacement procedures, reports Biospace.

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Three things to know:

1. The navigation system offers surgeons alignment data and real-time visual guidance with a map of the patient’s joint on a monitor.

2. ExactechGPS features a preoperative planning tool that enables surgeons to prepare using virtual simulation before surgery.

3. The patient-specific technology assists surgeons in deciding where to remove bone and place the shoulder implant in the prime position.

“ExactechGPS provides patients a solution for chronic shoulder pain that impacts their quality of life and disrupts healthy sleep,” said Michael Pahl, MD, orthopedic surgeon at LBMC.

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