Robotics

Scott Grabill, DO, performed the first robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., The Daily Advance reported Feb. 11.

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center completed the first total knee replacement on the East Coast using the newest iteration of Think Surgical's TSolution One robot. 

Several spine and orthopedic surgical robots have advanced in 2021 from FDA approvals to extended applications and reach.

Christus Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, La., said it became the first hospital in Southwest Louisiana to install ExcelsiusGPS, a robot designed to assist surgeons in spine procedures, NBC affiliate KPLC reported Jan. 31.

Two hospitals in Pennsylvania and North Carolina recently expanded their services to include robotic-assisted joint replacements. 

Smith+Nephew's Cori surgical robot has extended its applications to include total hip replacements.

Johnstown, Pa.-based Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center has expanded its services to include robotic-assisted joint replacements, the Conemaugh Health System said Jan. 25. 

Nonprofit patient safety organization Surgical Review Corporation designated Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Health System as a Center of Excellence in robotic surgery, Bossier Press-Tribune said Jan. 19.

Three practices have recently added orthopedic surgery robots from Johnson & Johnson, Smith+Nephew and Stryker.

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Minn., added the Velys robot for joint replacements in September, the Brainerd Dispatch reported Jan. 13.