Robot gives leg up on competition in knee surgery

Robots in the surgical suite are nothing new, but robots assisting orthopedic surgeons on total knee replacements is groundbreaking. And Boulder Community Health’s Foothills Hospital is the first in Colorado and the only hospital in the Rocky Mountain region to offer Mako robot-assisted TKR.

“Boulder Community Health’s mission is to provide our community with the highest-quality health care in an innovative, patient-centered environment, and our addition of Mako technology is a great example of how we do that,” said Dr. Robert Vissers, BCH president and CEO. “Orthopedics is an area where innovative technologies and procedures have…