Here are four takeaways:
1. VISIONAIRE Cutting Guides are single-use, surgical instruments designed using MRI and X-Ray data to match the unique anatomy of each patient’s knee joint.
2. The surgery was performed by Dr. César Rocha at Fundación Cardio Infantil de Bogotá in Colombia.
3. The surgery demonstrates Smith & Nephew’s increasing presence in the Latin American joint replacement market.
4. Smith & Nephew is a global medical technology business focuses on developing products for orthopedic reconstruction, advanced wound management, sports medicine and trauma.
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