Can Robotic-Arm Assistance Decrease Iatrogenic Soft-Tissue Damage During Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty?

CONCLUSION: This cadaver-based study suggests that utilizing RTHA may lead to reduced soft-tissue damage compared with MTHA, likely due to enhanced preoperative planning with robotic-arm assisted software, real-time intraoperative feedback, haptically-bounded reamer usage, reduced surgical steps, as well as ease of use with reaming. These findings should be carefully considered when evaluating the utilization of robotic-arm assisted THA in practice.PMID:38442246

Source: Surgical Technology International - March 5, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Emily L Hampp Melanie Caba Laura Scholl Ahmad Faizan Benjamin M Frye Joseph P Nessler Sean B Sequeira Michael A Mont Source Type: research