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Robotics

Rock Springs, Wyo.-based Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has added a Stryker Mako robot for total knee and hip replacements, according to a Dec. 28 report from Sweetwater Now.

Joint specialist Jon Edgington, MD, has performed the first two hinged knee replacements in the region using Stryker's Mako robot at Orthopedic Specialists of Northwest Indiana in Munster, according to a Dec. 15 email sent to Becker's.

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Mercy Hospital in Rogers, Ark. added Medtronic's Mazor X spine robot, CBS affiliate 5 News reported Nov. 14.

The popularity of surgical robots, including Stryker's Mako robot for total joint replacements, is on the rise worldwide, with many systems adding robots and marking significant procedural milestones. 

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