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What surgeons are saying about the ORTHOsoft™ Navitrack® Navigation System…
“Navitrack Navigation System Computer-Assisted Surgery has the advantage of giving patients the best possible outcome. We now have the opportunity to have almost every knee put in perfectly. If we misalign the joint, then we’re going to potentially have the patient’s knee wear out in five to 10 years. Whereas if we have absolutely perfect alignment, then we have the potential to have the knee last as long as maybe 20-25 years. Why wouldn’t a patient want to have everything that could possible give them the best result?”
Dr.
Kenneth Gustke, Orthopedic Surgeon
Florida Orthopedic Institute, Clinical Professor in Orthopedic Surgery at University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa General Temple Terrace, Florida
“Whenever you do a knee replacement, no matter how many you've done and how good a surgeon you are, there's always an element of uncertainty. The uncertainty can be up to about three to four degrees over what you would consider perfect.
When you use computer navigation, you reduce the uncertainty of misaligning the implant to about one degree. And you make that one-degree reproducible, so that every time you do it, you stay within that one degree. Unfortunately, when you do it without computer navigation, you don't have reproducibility. Some days you can be great. On other days, you don't do as well.
Patients are always looking for the next advance that will make their replacement last longer. Well with Navitrack, patients don't have to look further.”
Dr. Harry Steinman,
Orthopedic Surgeon
Orthopaedic Associates of West Florida
Morton Plant Mease Health Care
Clearwater, Florida
“The thing that I like about Navitrack from the ORTHOsoft™ is that it is more accurate and I trust it more than the other systems that I've used.”
Dr. Michael Wasylik,
Orthopedic Surgeon
Chief of Staff
St. Joseph's Hospital
Dr. Michael Wasylik Clinic
Tampa, Florida
“Using Navitrack is almost like having a professor assisting you in surgery every time you do it. You are constantly monitoring your own surgical ability and the computer gives you direct and immediate feedback on how you are performing. It is excellent.”
Dr. W. Allen Hughes,
Orthopedic Surgeon
Morton Plant Mease Health Care
Morton Plant Hospital
Clearwater, Florida
"ORTHOsoft™ software allows greater accuracy resulting in more successful surgeries, increased longevity of prosthetic devices, and increased levels of safety for patients. Within the next few years, most hip and knee replacement surgeries in our hospital will be done with computers."
Dr. Paul K. Gilbert, Orthopedic Surgeon
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena, California
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