Pinless Navigation for Knee Surgery–Less Pain

Published in “Daily News and Analysis” (DNA) on Aug 9, 2012 by one of their correspondents, it was announced that Dr Vijay Allahbadia, consultant joint replacement surgeon at  Hinduja Healthcare, Mumbai, India established a new  procedure for  knee replacement surgery, which normally includes getting holes drilled into your knee and then having pins inserted into them. This is both complicated and painful during recovery. However, a new technological innovation-the pinless navigation system-will make the surgery a safer and a less painful option.

Using  infrared cameras and tracking software to conduct the knee  surgeries without using the traditional pins the system will hopefully set a trend in future knee replacements. Dr Vijay Allahbadia states that the surgery is less invasive and is a shorter surgical procedure than the traditional one.

Because extensive training is needed  there are very few orthopedic surgeons that can perform this surgery. In Mumbai Dr. Allahbadia is the only one.

Normally, following the initial recovery period of knee replacement surgery, there is a longer period of  rehabilitation. One of the most recent and cost effective physical therapy solutions is found in the LEGTUTOR.

  The LEGTUTOR is an ergonomic wearable leg brace with dedicated rehabilitation software.  The LEGTUTOR rehabilitation concept is based on performing controlled exercise rehabilitation practice at a patient customized level with real time accurate feedback on the patient’s performance. This means that the LEGTUTOR system allows the physical therapist to prescribe a leg rehabilitation program customized to the patient’s knee and hip movement ability at their own stage of rehabilitation. The LEGTUTOR uses biofeedback to keep the patient motivated to do the exercise practice with those that were designed in the form of challenging games. They are suitable for a wide variety of other neurological and orthopedic injuries and diseases as well as post trauma and orthopedic surgery.

 The LEGTUTOR is also used by physical and occupational therapists in combination with the HANDTUTOR, LEGTUTOR and 3DTUTOR for upper and lower extremity rehabilitation. The TUTORs are used in rehabilitation therapy as well after brain or spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s disease, MS, CP, Radial, Ulnar nerve and Brachial Plexus injuries. The TUTOR system is used by many leading rehabilitation centers worldwide and has full FDA and CE certification. It is designed for children and adults and can be used at home through telerehabilitation. See WWW.HANDTUTOR.COM for more information.