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31 May 2023 · Orthopaedics WA
The VELYS Robotic-Assisted Solution helps surgeons perform knee replacement surgery that can be tailored to each patient, and is designed to provide digital precision and accuracy to get them mobile quickly.
Orthopaedic surgeon Associate Professor Chris Jones, who played an advisory role in the robot's development, performed the first knee replacement surgery in WA using the VELYS system at SJOG Murdoch.
The technology is designed to help surgeons achieve a well-balanced and precisely positioned total knee replacement, without the need for pre-operative CT scans.
On average, SJOG Murdoch does about 1300 total knee replacements a year, with this number predicted to increase rapidly over the coming years due to the ageing population and obesity crisis.
The robotic system is also being installed at several other SJGHC hospitals including Bunbury, and Geelong and Ballarat in Victoria.
