Adult Reconstruction at Yale Medicine
April 03, 2024Transcript
- 00:05Innovation plays a really
- 00:06key part in our daily life.
- 00:08Every day we're taking care of
- 00:09patients and every day we're thinking
- 00:11about how can I do this next
- 00:13procedure better than the day before.
- 00:18We do have now all this
- 00:20technology that's there and we
- 00:21have navigation and we have robotics
- 00:23and we utilize all of those to make it
- 00:25patient specific such that we are able
- 00:27to cater to whatever the needs are of
- 00:29the person that's coming in front of us,
- 00:32not for the global mass.
- 00:35So that means that you may have a
- 00:38custom implant or a custom surgical
- 00:40approach in which the surgery has
- 00:43been designed specifically to
- 00:44help you and your unique anatomy.
- 00:49I feel like a lot of the research,
- 00:51especially currently is the utilization
- 00:53of new technology and kind of seeing
- 00:56how we can use that technology not
- 00:58for just having something cool that's
- 01:00available in the operating room,
- 01:02but to actually have visible
- 01:03results in the patients.
- 01:06The beautiful thing about robotics
- 01:08is that we're taking a 3D model of
- 01:11the patient and then we are taking
- 01:13that 3D model and virtually fitting
- 01:15the components to the patient.
- 01:17And then when we're doing the surgery,
- 01:19the robot is helping us replicate that model.
- 01:23A millimeter of accuracy.
- 01:28It really elevates the hip and
- 01:30knee replacement into an art
- 01:31form where a patient can have the surgery
- 01:33and recover seamlessly to the point
- 01:35where they're walking the same day,
- 01:37doing the therapy the same day
- 01:39within an hour of the surgery,
- 01:40and in a few hours later they're
- 01:42resting at home and sleeping
- 01:44in their bed that same night.
- 01:45That is the product of a decade
- 01:47or more of dedicated research and
- 01:48small improvements along the way
- 01:50in terms of pain control and blood
- 01:52loss management and technique.
- 01:54And when we Add all those up,
- 01:56it's just an absolute incredible
- 01:57process to watch.
- 01:58A patient go through it,
- 01:59have a surgery,
- 01:59get up and recover and make their way home.
- 02:03You have patients that come in
- 02:05that have never been able to walk
- 02:07or haven't walked in several weeks
- 02:09and after undergoing a procedure
- 02:11they have this new found freedom.
- 02:16The goal of innovation and the goal
- 02:18of clinical care is straightforward.
- 02:19It is to take care of the patient
- 02:22and improve that patients quality
- 02:23of life and that is the goal we all
- 02:26strive for and we hit the mark.
- 02:28It is absolutely rewarding and glorifying
- 02:30to to advance our profession in the
- 02:32right direction which we return our
- 02:34focus to the patient in their recovery.