Bernard Stulberg, MD, became the first U.S. orthopedic surgeon to perform total knee replacement surgery with the new ExactechGPS RTKA Application and Truliant Knee System Instrumentation at the St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland.
Here are three things to know:
1. ExactechGPS is a surgeon-controlled, computer-assisted surgical technology which provides real-time, intraoperative data during total joint arthroplasty. The RTKA application is designed to assist orthopedic surgeons in complex primary and revision cases by providing information on the diseased joint, anatomical and mechanical alignment feedback, component sizing and resection validation.
2. The Truliant Revision instrumentation has full U.S. market availability, and the ExactechGPS RTKA application is currently in pilot launch with full availability expected in the second half of 2018.
3. A study presented at the 2014 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting found a 188 percent increase over the last 10 years in knee replacement surgeries among people aged 45 to 64 years. The number of revision surgeries increased by more than 130 percent over this same period.
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