Computer Assisted Total Hip Replacement Surgery

Computer assisted surgery is a revolutionary medical technology which offers surgeons the proficiency to operate with advanced visualization resulting in better outcomes in surgical procedures.
Computer assisted surgery is often referred to as the surgical navigation owing to the fact that it works much alike GPS navigation system used in an automobiles and thus enables the surgeon to trace the location of the surgical instruments and implants relative to the anatomy of the patient’s body in real time. Surgical navigation is the leading edge medial technology that was first introduced and implemented for the neurosurgical procedures wherein every millimetre matters and surgical precision stands extremely important, but now it is being used in orthopaedics, spine, ENT, and trauma surgeries as well.
Computer navigation technology is currently being practiced extensively by the best orthopaedic surgeons for knee replacement and hip replacement surgeries for best results.
Hip replacement surgery, also called total hip arthroplasty, entails replacing diseased hip joint with a man made biocompatible artificial joint, called prosthesis, made of metal or ceramic to help the patient suffering from hip pain and instability caused by degenerative joint disease like osteoarthritis and other conditions like hip joint deformity, avascular necrosis, traumatic or sports injury, Paget’s disease etc.
Hip replacement surgery with navigation technology is minimally invasive procedure that warrants the precise configuration/alignment of the components of the hip implant which is of utmost importance for the efficient functioning of the new hip joint and making it hip last longer.