PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Patients in the eastern suburbs and South Hills of Pittsburgh now have easier access to the robotic-assisted total-hip and partial-knee replacement surgeries that are offered in western Pennsylvania only by Allegheny Health Network (AHN). Orthopaedic surgeons at Forbes Hospital and Jefferson Hospital recently started performing these surgeries using the state-of-the-art MAKO Robotic arm Interactive Orthopaedic (RIO) system, joining their colleagues at Allegheny General, West Penn and Saint Vincent hospitals in offering unprecedented precision and accuracy in joint placement. The MAKOplasty system is designed...
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