Jefferson Live Webcast Will Bring Visitors Into Virtual World of Computer Assisted Partial Knee Replacement.

AScribe Health News Service, February, 2005

Byline: Thomas Jefferson University

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Virtual reality is aiding orthopaedic surgeons at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in replacing arthritis-stricken single compartments of a knee without the patient having to endure a long surgery and recovery involved with a total knee replacement.

Computer assisted partial knee replacement makes it easier for orthopaedic surgeons to replace diseased sections of the knee without performing a total knee replacement, said Peter F. Sharkey, M.D., associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

"Many doctors are reluctant to do one compartment of the knee because most people have arthritis in more than one...

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