PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 New advancements in medical technology have arrived at a Treasure Coast hospital. Florida Coast Medical Center performed its first robot-assisted knee surgery today, marking the beginning of a new trend for the region and promising more precise surgical outcomes.<\/p>\n
The patient, John Michael Cook, a former tennis player needing another knee surgery, jumped at the chance to have the robot-assisted procedure. Traditional knee reconstruction can be risky, as one mistake can cause massive setbacks. Cook expressed excitement about the technological upgrade.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought of, well, Lee Majors, I thought it was going to be, like, the bionic man, you know? And now I really feel I’m going to be a bionic man, you know, having two bionic knees,\u201d Cook said.<\/p>\n
Surgeries using robots are not yet common; the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons reports that only 15% of all knee surgeries currently use robotic assistance. Given that the technology has only developed in the past decade, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Dan Jones explained the benefits.<\/p>\n
See also: Martin County deputy arrested following investigation, Sheriff to provide details<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis is allowing me to put into the computer program exactly what numbers I want to put in to get the balance I want, and that allows me to execute, um, what I want to do that I’m not able to do based upon my human error and failure,\u201d Dr. Jones said.<\/p>\n The operating room looks mostly the same, except for ROSA, the two-part machine assisting Dr. Jones. One machine cuts, while the other uses a camera to aim precisely where the surgeon wants it. Dr. Jones clarified that he remains in complete control throughout the procedure.<\/p>\n \u201cThat’s one of the things I love about this robot. I’m the surgeon. I still do the great majority of the cases. What it’s involved in is allowing me to set the parameters by which I want to put the total knee in place, and then it brings the cutting block right where I want it to be,\u201d Dr. Jones explained.<\/p>\n The surgery was a success and took less than an hour. Palm Beach Medical Group expects to significantly ramp up the number of robot-assisted surgeries in the near future. Medical experts suggest that robots could be used in as many as 70% of these surgeries by 2030.<\/p>\n Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day’s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for the biggest stories and can’t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 New advancements in medical technology have arrived at a Treasure Coast hospital.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-54955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}