How Hospitals Can Benefit from Digital Orthopaedic Planning

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr. Ross Barker (United Kingdom), explains why the hospital benefits when he uses Materialise OrthoView to digitally plan orthopaedic cases.

Dr. Barker considers preoperative, digital planning key for joint replacement surgeries: “Digitally planning hip replacement cases is the safest, the most accurate, and the most responsible way to prepare to operate on a patient for joint replacement surgery.”

But the benefits offered by preoperative orthopaedic templating stretch far beyond the surgeon’s theatre. In this second episode of our interview series, learn about the advantages of digital planning for hospitals as it enables them to:

• Plan ahead in terms of equipment requirements
• Improve the management of implant stocks
• Reduce the chances of complications
• Lower the risk of complaints from patients

Materialise OrthoView facilitates digital planning and templating for joint arthroplasty and revisions, trauma, limb deformity correction, osteotomy, and spinal assessment. Hospitals and orthopaedic clinics worldwide choose our software to complete their film-free radiology targets.

For more views from Dr. Ross Barker on digital pre-operative planning and its benefits for the patient, the orthopaedic surgeon, watch this video playlist.