PD Dr. med. Marcel Haversath, chief physician in the center for arthroscopy and endoprosthetics in the Nettetal Hospital (Photo: private) Advertisement
Nettetal. For many years, the surgeons at the EndoProsthetics Center in the Nettetal Hospital have been using one of the most modern and proven knee systems, which was developed to reproduce the patient’s natural stability and movement and which has also been proven to have a long service life with low revision rates.
Since the beginning of the year, chief physician Dr. Haversath and his team are now supported by the surgical robot Skywalker™ in the implantation of this knee system in order to further improve the already good results.
In a lecture on October 9th at 3 p.m., chief physician PD Dr. med. Marcel Haversath and his deputy Dr. med. Ioannis Giannakopoulos the new robot-assisted surgical procedure and its advantages for patient satisfaction.
Before the operation, the robotic system creates a 3D simulation of the respective patient’s knee joint based on CT images, thus enabling the surgeon to plan the operation individually and extremely precisely. A special arm of the robot then supports the surgeon in making the saw cuts precisely. However, the actual work on the patient always remains in the hands of the surgeon; the robot acts as an assistant with the greatest possible precision.
The Nettetal Hospital is the only one in the whole of North Rhine-Westphalia where the SkywalkerTM robot is used and is therefore the reference center in West Germany.
The lecture will take place in the seminar rooms in the basement of the hospital. Registration is not required.
Expert lecture: Surgical robotics in knee arthroplasty
Oct 9, 2024 | 3 p.m., seminar room in the basement of the hospital
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