Perry Hospital uses new, innovative way to perform knee surgery

PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Perry Hospital patients are walking pain-free after doctors successfully completing at least three total knee replacements this month.

Can be received by november 6th, as long as they're post marked by election day, which is november 3rd.

Doctors in perry are using a new innovative way to perform knee surgery.

So far, they've had an 100 percent success rate.

41nbc jatrissa wooten has more.

Perry hospital patients are walking pain free after doctors successfully completed at least three total knee replacements this month.

Sot: valencia bunch nurse manager "most of them have osteoarthritis, or just pain period in their knees.

Even more... these kinds of surgeries are performed..

Using a robot.

Valencia bunch...a nurse manager at perry hospital ... says its not what you think about when you first think robot--but she says it works the same.

Bunch says--this new technology is called the rosa knee system.

It helps orthopedic surgeons conduct virtual knee replacements before any cuts are made---ensuring the knee implant will be positioned correctly while in surgery.

"stand up: get images-load them up-power up" sot: todd edenfield (ed-in-field) vice president/administrator perry hospital "the robot gives the physician a precise incision to help with the flexibility of that joint" todd edenfield (ed-in-field) vice president/administrator at the hospital says they received the machine at end of august ...and begin cases in september.

Bunch says this method helps shorten patients recovery time.

Allowing patients to get up and move around the same day.

Some even go home the same day or the next day.

However--bunch says the surgery time is extended about 15-20 minutes because they must load up the machine.

She says if in pain--patients can come in and ask for this