The pain less.
Knee prosthesis poses should soon experience a technological innovation at the Lille hospital center.
"The CHU is equipped with a robot that is unique in France, making it possible to significantly reduce residual pain in patients," the hospital management announced on Friday in a press release.
This orthopedic robot, called OMNIBotics, is designed to automate the balancing of the knee ligaments.
An operation, until then entirely carried out by the surgeon, "which could cause 15 to 20% of residual pain in patients, often requiring reoperation", specifies the CHU.
A market set to develop
This robot has been in use in Australia for four years.
It is now landing in Europe and France in a global prosthesis market estimated at 15 billion dollars and expected to develop, especially among the youngest.
"About 100,000 knee prostheses are placed each year in France, a figure which could be multiplied by 4 by 2070", assures the CHU.
According to Dr. Sophie Putman, orthopedic trauma surgeon at the CHU, “the ultimate goal of using this technology is to enable our patients to live better with their prosthesis and to maintain physical activity essential to their health. general.
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