Using a national database, the hospital assessed 1.3 million total knee replacements performed from 2010-18 and categorized them as conventional, technology-assisted or robot-assisted, according to a Nov. 12 news release. The data showed robot-assisted procedures had a 90-day complication rate of 1.57 percent while conventional knee replacements had a 2.55 percent complication rate.
The study also found that the use of robots in knee replacements nationwide jumped more than 2,200 percent between 2010 and 2018.
The findings were published in Arthroplasty Today.
