The procedure is designed to offer patients less pain and faster recovery times, using special instruments to avoid cutting muscles and tendons.
Dr. Sparks has also added OrthAlign’s Lantern system, a handheld device that provides surgeons intraoperative information in total knee replacements to deliver patient-specific care.
The device, which works like a smartphone, provides streamlined workflows to improve accuracy and reduce OR times without the investment, equipment or preoperative imaging required by many robotic systems, according to a Jan. 4 press release.
