TEN YEARS OF ROBOTIC PROSTHETIC SURGERY: THE CLINICA SAN FRANCESCO IS THE ONLY ONE IN EUROPE TO CROSS THIS FINISHING LINE
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Ten years of experience with robotic prosthetic surgery. MD Piergiuseppe Perazzini today is the most experienced European surgeon using the robot in operating room.
The Clinica San Francesco celebrates an important goal: ten years of state of the art. It was 2010 when orthopaedic surgeon Dr Piergiuseppe Perazzini, Director of the Orthopaedic and Traumatology Unit, after a journey in Florida (USA) and a training in some American hospitals, decided to import this procedure to Europe.
In January 2011 the Clinica San Francesco performed the first robotic prosthetic operation outside the USA. “I became aware of this new robotic system able to solve some problems that we orthopaedic surgeons encounter during knee and hip replacements – Dr Perazzini explains -. These problems are related to painful prostheses, a not complete functional recovery or patients’ general dissatisfaction”.
The prosthetic surgery allows a greater precision in placement of implant thanks to a system able to repeat perfectly what the surgeon planned based on preoperative CT scan. The simulation on created virtual model allows surgeon to have a picture of anatomy and possible difficulties that could encounter before the patient goes into operating room.
The precision of surgical gesture using the robot ensures a not-invasive surgery. Not invasive means the respect and preservation of tissues, ligaments and bones that allow the patient a quicker recovery, so, to start immediately the rehabilitation. Last aspect, no less important, is the safety of patient. The robotic system works in a defined and controlled field so that it avoids to damage parts not subject to operation and protects the tissues of patient by possible damages.
Today, the Clinica San Francesco is accredited with the Italian National Health Service and holds the highest number of total and partial knee and hip replacements with robot all over the Europe. The performed operations are more then 4.000. The Veneto Regional Government with its deliberation of 14th May 2019 recognized the Clinica San Francesco as “Regional reference centre for the robotic orthopaedic surgery”.
In the past ten years the Clinica San Francesco has become a reference point for surgeons from all over Europe who wish to use the robot in operating room.
Dr Perazzini operates patients from across Italy, trains Italian and European orthopaedic surgeons by courses, skill lab, lectures and training directly in operating room. In these years Dr Perazzini trained over a hundred surgeons on the use of robot.
