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Surgeon Turns to iPod Tool To Improve Knee Replacement Surgeries

An Illinois orthopedic surgeon has started using iPod-based technology to  improve the accuracy of knee replacement surgeries, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Departure From Traditional Surgeries

Traditional knee-replacement surgeries involve running a metal rod through  the patient’s tibia to align and secure an artificial knee.

George Branovacki — an orthopedic surgeon at Christ Medical Center in Oak  Lawn, Ill. — said he “takes the rod out of the equation” by using his iPod’s  Dash navigational software to more precisely measure and place artificial knees.  Although the iPod-based technology received FDA approval in 2011, its  manufacturer says Christ Medical Center currently is the only U.S. hospital to  use it.

How It Works

During an operation, the iPod is placed in a frame with a pistol-like handle.  It takes measurements on the patient and wirelessly relays the data to an  infrared camera a few feet away.

The camera is connected to a computer that calculates where the surgeon  should make an incision, and then the computer relays that information to the  iPod’s screen to show Branovacki whether he is on target.

According to Branovacki, the device’s “GPS-like navigation” helps prevent  small misalignments, which can have a large effect on a patient’s mobility and  pain, as well as on the life of the implant. Those misalignments are  significantly more likely when a physician must move his or her focus back and  forth between the patient and a computer, he said (Nolan, Chicago  Sun-Times, 9/10).

Source: iHealthBeat

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