Full Knee Replacement Options, Robotic Assisted or Conventional, Which did you choose and Why?

[Midniteoyl]

Dammit.. I read this and thought they had new Bionic Knees

@Mi-Troll... get the Assisted procedure if you can. Should go faster and easier.

 

[WM75Guy]

I had mine done with robotic assist and feel great. I am surprised you were offered a choice. After we received our first robotic device at the hospital I worked for, all our total knees were robotic assisted. The ortho docs wouldn't do it any other way. It may be that one ortho doc still does manual surgery instead of going for training on using the robot.

 

[newbury]

Dammit.. I read this and thought they had new Bionic Knees

@Mi-Troll... get the Assisted procedure if you can. Should go faster and easier.

Yup, visions of Cybermen crossing my thoughts.

 

[EarPlug]

Here is a bunch of videos of robotic knee surgery

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mako+Total+Knee+Arthroplasty

 

[Oaktree]

I had mine done with robotic assist and feel great. I am surprised you were offered a choice. After we received our first robotic device at the hospital I worked for, all our total knees were robotic assisted. The ortho docs wouldn't do it any other way. It may be that one ortho doc still does manual surgery instead of going for training on using the robot.

From what I've heard, there's a much smaller scar with the robotics vs manual. My friend told me his wife has only an 1½-2" scar, my sister had hers done maybe 5-6 years ago and has a nasty looking 6" scar.

 

[Mi-Troll]

What does the robotic assist do? I've never heard of that.

There's many videos of what it is, here's one:

 

[Mi-Troll]

I had mine done with robotic assist and feel great. I am surprised you were offered a choice. After we received our first robotic device at the hospital I worked for, all our total knees were robotic assisted. The ortho docs wouldn't do it any other way. It may be that one ortho doc still does manual surgery instead of going for training on using the robot.

I was surprised as well, how could I possible choose the best way to go, hence the post. I believe he does both, from the more I've read and from the posts, If I'm provided a choice, I'll go with the robotic assisted.

 

[Mi-Troll]

I would also add that I had a spinal block. The hospital did keep me overnight which was a good thing as I could not urinate even though it felt like I was going to explode. They had to "cath" me a couple of times.

Overall pain was very minimal mostly just a lot of stiffness. I only took two oxicotin after being discharged.

Because of a medical procedure that was done years and took years to recover from, still not 100%, the spinal block is one of my major apprehensions, just have a big fear of any done or put in my spine.

 

[mrmikey]

I had the spinal block done on my second, first I was knocked out which is what I wish I had done the second one instead of the spinal.
I felt no pain whatsoever during the operation but I 'woke' up or became conscious twice during the surgery, both times is when the doctor was whaling on the metal joint to imbed it into my bones. It sounded like it would if you were beating a 2 x 4 into place on a wall that was an extremely tight fit. No pain as I said during the operation but it's very disconcerting when you wake up on your back looking at the ceiling and can heard the sound is in time with your vision bouncing.
Not trying to scare anyone off nor am I exaggerating, just telling it like it is.

 

[almega1962]

I'm having a right total knee done on 12/17. My surgeon only does it using the the mako robot. When I asked about it he stated that theres much better outcomes.