Currently,
Information Technology affects numerous people such as
leaving graphic massages through mobile phone and notification
of bank deposit via SMS, using computer for storing surgery
details or important patient history, installation of
navigation system in vehicle to prevent us from being
lost or reaching our destination faster. There are also
computer system improvements in the medical field, especially
surgery. Orthopedists have been implementing computer
system for assistant in bone and joint surgery such as
joint replacement surgery and bone marrow transplant
due to the accuracy and precision required in the surgery.
Computer assisted surgery can greatly increase surgeon
capability.
The application of computer system in bone
and joint surgery was founded since 1990 or roughly 17
years ago and has been continuously improved until it
has been implemented in numerous surgeries such as bone
marrow surgery, metal implant surgery and joint replacement
surgery. However, the most widely use is for knee replacement
surgery and hip replacement surgery. The important factor
is the placement of the imitation joint. From the research
done on treatment result and the age of the material
used in knee and hip replacement surgery, the important
factor is the appropriate location for imitation joint
placement. Therefore, the system has been developed and
improved to be faster, more accurate and more precise.
In the implementation of computer system, the surgeon
would input the patient data into the computer system
and the computer system will calculate and model the
operation along with the calculation of appropriate joint
replacement location for each patient in details. The
surgeon who would perform the surgery will check to see
whether the calculation were correct or not prior to
performing the actual surgery resulting in surgery procedure,
especially bone cutting, being highly accurate since
the surgeon would be able to know the precision of bone
cutting down to millimeter increment.
Even though surgery
requires numerous and complex procedures, from the study,
it was found that it would only take a surgeon that possess
the expertise 20 more minutes to implement computer system
in surgery. The surgery result does not only depend on
the computer system, it must also depend on the patient
condition prior to and during surgery, behavior and rehabilitation.
All mentioned factors affect the surgery result. The
computer assisted surgery is a tool that facilitates
orthopedists in performing more accurate and precise
surgery yielding satisfactory result and better quality
of life for the patient. .
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