CUHK researchers perform Hong Kong’s first robot-assisted pelvic fracture surgery
Amid rising cases among Hong Kong’s ageing population, procedure promises to be safer, less intrusive method that reduces blood loss, researchers say
A team of researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has conducted the city’s first robot-assisted pelvic fracture surgery in what promises to be a safer, less intrusive alternative to a procedure typically considered among the most challenging.
CUHK’s faculty of medicine said on Friday that the novel orthopaedic robotic surgical system could turn a “new page” in trauma care amid a rising number of pelvic fracture cases among the city’s rapidly ageing population.
Dr Ronald Wong Man-yeung, clinical associate professor in CUHK’s department of orthopaedics and traumatology, said the system provided a “safe, precise, and minimally invasive” means for pelvic fracture reduction.
Wong said this could prove especially meaningful for geriatric patients, who commonly suffered from multiple medical conditions that could make traditional surgical procedures more high-risk.