Meadville Medical Center adds robotic knee replacements

Meadville (Pa.) Medical Center has added robotic-assisted knee replacements, according to a Feb. 20 report from The Meadville Tribune.

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Jeremy Gebhart, MD, a surgeon at the Orthopedic Associates of Meadville, began performing robotic knee replacements at the center in December. 

Dr. Gebhart has performed an estimated 400 robotic-assisted knee replacements at OAM in the last year and a half. 

Robotic procedures offer patients faster recovery times, less blood loss and less postoperative pain.  

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