Dr. Ference has performed over 6,000 joint replacements using Mako Robotic technology.
Mako technology assists surgeons by creating a 3-dimensional plan of your knee or hip joint, and then the plan is uploaded to the surgical robot to provide important feedback to the surgeon while your joint replacement is being performed.
Dr. Ference is experienced and trained to use the Mako technology for partial knee replacements, total knee replacements, and total hip replacements. If you have been told you would benefit from a joint replacement, ask if Mako is an option for you.
Dr. Ference walks us through a total knee replacement procedure (this is not a graphic video).
Advanced Robotic Knee Replacement
MAKOplasty technology allows a robotic arm to help specially trained orthopaedic surgeons perform minimally invasive partial knee replacements in one or two compartments of the knee. For patients, that means a surgeon can virtually eliminate knee pain by selectively targeting a diseased part of the knee, removing it and replacing it while sparing healthy bones and ligaments to speed recovery time. Patients go home the same day of surgery following this outpatient procedure.
Perhaps the greatest benefit of MAKOplasty surgery is that it repairs only the deteriorated portion of the knee, and leaves the healthy parts of it intact.
Other benefits of MAKOplasty include:
- A quicker recovery compared to traditional knee replacement surgery
- Patients are discharged and go home the same day as the surgery
- The exceptional accuracy of component placement and alignment provides a smoother and more natural knee motion following surgery in many cases
- No muscles are cut during the procedure and the incisions made are relatively small, helping qualify the procedure as minimally invasive
- Minimal blood loss