Mako Robotic Assisted Surgery: A Guide for Patients Having a Total Hip Replacement
The hip is one of the largest joints in your body. You use your hips for all movement involving your upper leg, so hip pain can be debilitating.
Mako Robotic Assisted Surgery – A Patient Guide for Total Knee Replacement
Your knee is the largest joint in your body and is vital for all kinds of routine activities, from sitting to going upstairs. Knee pain can have a number of different causes but a common one is osteoarthritis. This is a degenerative condition which leads to worsening pain due to the breakdown of cartilage in…
Your Orthopaedic Treatment: Getting Back on Track
Over the next few months life should slowly begin to get back to normal as the UK emerges from lockdown. There are many reasons to feel optimistic but, if you have been waiting for orthopaedic treatment during the pandemic, being able to get back on track with your treatment is probably paramount. We are aware…
Maintaining Good Orthopaedic Health in Lockdown
As we find ourselves once more in lockdown it’s important to do whatever we can to stay healthy and well, both physically and mentally. As orthopaedic surgeons, our particular concern is people’s orthopaedic (bone and muscular) health. The fact that we are spending more time at home, with limited opportunities for exercising and the possibility…
Planning Your Mako Robotic Arm-Assisted Surgery: What’s Different?
A small number of orthopaedic surgeons, including Carrothers Orthopaedics, are offering Mako robotic arm assisted surgery for patients undergoing partial and total knee replacement or total hip replacement procedures. This ground-breaking technology provides some important benefits over traditional surgical techniques. In this blog we explore what the difference is between traditional and robotic arm-assisted technology,…
Tricompartmental Osteoarthritis – What is it and how is it treated?
Tricompartmental osteoarthritis is a severe form of knee arthritis that affects all three compartments of the knee joint. The knee is a complex joint made up of three compartments – the patellofemoral where the kneecap (patella) and thigh bone (femur) meet, the medial tibiofemoral on the inside of the knee and the lateral tibiofemoral on…
