NHS Golden Jubilee has performed 1,000 robotic orthopaedic joint replacement procedures as the national Board continues to provide pioneering treatment to support patients across Scotland waiting for hip and knee replacements.
In November 2019, the orthopaedic team marked a Scottish first by using a Mako robot for routine total and partial knee replacement surgery, and have continued at a rapid pace to provide the highest possible standard of care for 1,000 patients across the country.
Compared to non-robotic surgery, NHS Golden Jubilee patients are benefitting from greater implant accuracy, reduced soft tissue damage and less blood loss.
Robotic surgery also has the potential to have significant long term benefits to patients and the NHS as a whole, by reducing the likelihood of patients requiring repeat joint replacements in later life, with the aim of saving millions for NHS Scotland in future years.
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