Mako SmartRobotics™
Mako SmartRobotics™ is an innovative solution for many suffering from painful arthritis of the knee or hip. Mako uses 3D CT-based planning software so your surgeon can know more about your anatomy to create a personalized joint replacement surgical plan. This 3D model is used to preplan and assist your surgeon in performing your joint replacement procedure.
How Mako SmartRobotics™ Works:
In the operating room, your surgeon follows your personalized surgical plan while preparing the bone for the implant. The surgeon guides Mako’s robotic arm within the predefined area, and Mako’s AccuStop™ technology helps the surgeon stay within the planned boundaries that were defined when the personalized preoperative plan was created. By guiding your doctor during surgery, Mako’s AccuStop™ technology allows your surgeon to cut less by cutting precisely what’s planned to help protect your healthy bone.
It’s important to understand that the surgery is performed by an orthopaedic surgeon, who guides Mako’s robotic arm during the surgery to position the implant in the knee and hip joints. Mako SmartRobotics™ does not perform surgery, make decisions on its own or move without the surgeon guiding it. Mako SmartRobotics™ also allows your surgeon to make adjustments to your plan during surgery as needed.
Mako SmartRobotics™ Procedures
Partial Knee Replacement
Total Knee Replacement
Total Hip Replacement
Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
Partial Knee Replacement
More accurate bone removal and implant placement, resulting in improved outcomes and functioning of the knee
Less pain in the days and weeks following surgery
Shorter hospital stay
Quicker recovery, where 9 out of 10 patients were walking without an aid, such as a cane or walker, three weeks after surgery
Total Knee Replacement
Mako Total Knee enabled surgeons to execute their surgical plans more accurately
Mako protected soft tissue and ligaments from damage
lower pain scores than those who received a conventional joint replacement
better patient satisfaction scores compared to those who received a conventional joint replacement
Total Hip Replacement
More accurate placement and alignment of hip implants based on the surgical plan
Less likelihood of hip dislocation
Replication of the feeling of a natural hip
Preservation of healthy bone
Mako SmartRobotics™ Procedures
Mako Partial Knee Replacement
With the diseased bone gone, your implant is placed into the knee joint. Then it’s off to the recovery room to begin your journey to strengthening your new joint.
Throughout your procedure, Mako provides real-time data to your surgeon. This allows them to continuously assess the movement and tension of your new joint, and adjust your surgical plan if desired.
In the operating room, the surgeon guides the robotic-arm to remove the arthritic bone and cartilage from your knee. The Mako System creates a virtual boundary that provides tactile resistance to help your doctor stay within the boundaries defined during the planning process.
With the diseased bone gone, your implant is placed into the knee joint. Then it’s off to the recovery room to begin your journey to strengthening your new joint.
Mako Total Hip Replacement
Prior to surgery, a CT scan of your hip joint is taken in order to generate a 3D virtual model of your unique anatomy. The 3D model helps your doctor see things he or she can’t typically see with an x-ray alone. This additional information helps your doctor determine the optimal size, placement and positioning of your implant.
Throughout your procedure, Mako provides real-time data to your surgeon. This allows them to continuously assess the movement and tension of your new joint, and adjust your surgical plan if desired.
In the operating room, your surgeon guides Mako’s robotic arm to remove the arthritic bone and cartilage from the hip. A virtual boundary provides tactile resistance to help the surgeon stay within the boundaries defined in your surgical plan.
As the surgeon prepares to place the implant into its final position, the robotic-arm guides the implant at the desired angle defined in the surgical plan. This helps ensure the placement and alignment of the implant are performed according to plan.
Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement – Direct Anterior Approach
Muscle and tissue surround and support the hip joint. During hip replacement, your doctor has to get past that muscle and soft tissue to access the bones of the joint – either from the side, the back, or the front of your body. There are hip replacement techniques with smaller incisions, designed to minimize the impact on those tissues and muscles. These kinds of surgeries are often referred to as muscle sparing or minimally invasive.
A smaller incision at the front of the hip leaves all of the muscle in tact. The doctor pushes the soft tissue aside to access the hip joint and perform the joint replacement, rather than detaching any tendons or muscle. This has the potential to make a big difference both during surgery and in recovery.
Surgical Considerations
- 3-r inch incision
- Incision at the front of the hip
Possibile Benefits
- Minimizes soft tissue impact resulting in positive functional outcomes
- Smaller scar
- Walk on the same day of surgery under your doctor’s supervision
- No hip-dislocation movement precautions after surgery
Mako Total Knee Replacement
The first step is patient-specific surgical planning. Before surgery, a CT scan of your knee is taken to develop a 3D virtual model of your unique joint. Your doctor uses this model to evaluate your bone structure, disease severity, joint alignment and even the surrounding bone and tissue, so they can determine the optimal size, placement and alignment of your implant.
Throughout your procedure, Mako provides real-time data to your surgeon. This allows them to continuously assess the movement and tension of your new joint, and adjust your surgical plan if desired.
In the operating room, your surgeon guides Mako’s robotic arm to remove the arthritic bone and cartilage from the knee. A virtual boundary provides tactile resistance to help the surgeon stay within the boundaries defined in your surgical plan.
With the diseased bone gone, your implant is placed into the knee joint. Then it’s off to the recovery room to begin your journey to strengthening your new joint.
Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement – Direct Superior Approach
Muscle and tissue surround and support the hip joint. During hip replacement, your doctor has to get past that muscle and soft tissue to access the bones of the joint – either from the side, the back, or the front of your body. There are hip replacement techniques with smaller incisions, designed to minimize the impact on those tissues and muscles. These kinds of surgeries are often referred to as muscle sparing or minimally invasive.
A smaller incision at the upper side of the hip helps the surgeon avoid cutting (and then reattaching) the key muscle group that enables you to walk and bend. That muscle group includes the IT band (or Iliotibial band) and the external rotators that connect your pelvis to your knee. Avoiding injury to that group of muscles and ligaments may potentially mean better hip stability and recovery.
Surgical Considerations
- 3-6 inch incision
- Incision higher at side of the hip
- Avoid cutting IT band
Possibile Benefits
- Minimizes impact on muscle and tendons
- Smaller scar
- Walk on the same day of surgery under your doctor’s supervision
- Enhanced hip stability and recovery after surgery
THE JOINT TEAM
Dr. Ahmed Siddiqi
Edison, NJ
2035 Lincoln Highway (Route 27), Edison, NJ
Freehold, NJ
3499 U.S. 9, Freehold, NJ 07728
Toms River, NJ
226 NJ-37 Toms River, NJ 08755
Manasquan, NJ
2315 Route 34 South Manasquan, NJ 08736
Red Bank, NJ
365 Broad St Red Bank, NJ 07701