Joint Replacement Surgery at Northwest Healthcare
The Centers for Joint Replacement at Northwest Healthcare are proud to connect you with orthopedic surgeons and clinicians who deliver top quality care. Our hospitals emphasize wellness and encourage patient recovery through education, early mobility and family and group involvement.
What is joint replacement surgery?
In joint replacement surgery, also called arthroplasty, a surgeon uses implants to resurface damaged bone and cartilage that arthritis can cause.
Benefits of joint replacement surgery
- Can eliminate or reduce pain.
- May enhance movement and mobility.
- Can improve quality of life.
- May help you return to normal activities.
- May allow you to participate in low-impact sports and activities.
When should I consider joint replacement surgery?
- When conservative treatments fail to provide relief.
- When you have a diminished quality of life.
- After discussing options with your orthopedic surgeon.
Why choose Northwest Healthcare? What makes us different?
Joint replacement patients aren’t sick. If patients view themselves as healthy when they come to our hospitals for joint surgery, they generally have a better outcome, quicker return home and smoother overall recovery journey.
Curious to know if any of Northwest Healthcare's joint pain treatment options are right for you? Take our joint pain assessment or register for an online seminar to learn more.
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Program Highlights:
- Nurses are trained specifically to care for total joint replacement patients in our dedicated unit. A team of positive, upbeat and encouraging staff will help get you up and moving in no time.
- No hospital gowns beginning the morning after surgery. You’ll be comfortable in your own clothes – sweats, shorts, etc. – during the day.
- Daily therapy. We have a lot to do together, so you’ll be up and dressed between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. starting the day after surgery. You may participate in group therapy along with individual in-room therapy sessions and education.
- Ambulation board. Whether you’re competitive or not, you’ll enjoy “competing” with other patients on distance walked each day. We track your progress on a large board to give you visual reinforcement on your daily goals.
- Guidebook. Education begins in your surgeon’s office, where you’ll receive a guidebook explaining your upcoming surgery as well as the list of pre-operative strengthening activities you need to begin six weeks before surgery. The guidebook also serves as a clinical diary you’ll bring to your pre-operative class, all appointments, and the hospital.
- Coach. You will choose a coach – usually a family member or friend – to be an active participant in your care throughout your journey. Your coach, who’ll learn the program right along with you, is there to offer encouragement and support.
- Short hospital stays. The average knee or hip replacement hospital stay is about 1.26 days (the national average is three days). Roughly 90 percent of knee and hip replacement patients go straight home from the hospital (the national average is 29 percent).
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Robotic Joint Replacement Surgery
We offer robotic-assisted joint replacement surgery. During this type of surgery, your surgeon will use a robotic arm as a tool. This helps the surgeon achieve greater precision by using a 3D model to pre-plan your surgery. This way, your surgery is especially designed with your individual body in mind.
If you are suffering from knee and hip pain due to arthritis and non-surgical therapies haven’t helped, partial knee or total knee or hip replacement robotic-assisted surgery may be able to restore your mobility and active lifestyle.
Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Replacement
Total knee replacement is a treatment option for adults living with mid to late-stage osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Robotic-assisted total knee replacement provides you with a personalized surgical plan based on your unique anatomy. First, a CT scan of the diseased knee joint is taken. This CT scan is uploaded into the system software, where a 3D model of your knee is created. This 3D model is used to pre-plan and assist your surgeon in performing your total knee replacement.
In the operating room, your surgeon follows your personalized surgical plan while preparing the bone for the knee implant.
The surgeon guides the robotic arm to remove diseased bone and cartilage within the pre-defined area and the robotic system helps the surgeon stay within the planned boundaries that were defined when the personalized pre-operative plan was created.
It’s important to understand that the surgery is performed by an orthopedic surgeon, who guides the robotic arm during the surgery to position the implant in the knee joint. The robotic arm does not perform surgery, make decisions on its own or move without the surgeon's guidance. The robotic system also allows your surgeon to make adjustments to your plan during surgery as needed.
Robotic-Assisted Total Hip Replacement
If you suffer from non-inflammatory or inflammatory degenerative joint disease of the hip, a total hip replacement may free you from your limited range of motion and much of your pain, and get you back to doing the things you love.
The total hip replacement procedure done with robotic-assisted technology allows your surgeon to create a 3D model to pre-plan your hip replacement. Your surgeon guides the robotic-arm during your procedure based on that plan. This helps your doctor focus on removing diseased bone while helping preserve healthy bone, and assists with positioning the total hip implant based on your anatomy.
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