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But they’re about to get a lot better. Starting next month, Decatur Memorial Hospital will offer total hip and partial knee replacement surgeries using the Mako Robotic Arm Assisted Surgery system.

The Mako robot uses a pre-surgery CT scan to map a patient’s knee anatomy in detail. This data enables the surgeon to virtually plan the operation, fine-tune the implant positioning, and execute ...

BLACKFOOT – Bingham Healthcare can proudly announce that Dr. David Peterson has performed his 2,000th Mako procedure. As a well-known orthopedic knee and hip replacement surgeon at Bingham, Dr ...

An arm assisted robot, Mako, is the newest technology at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. “I leave the operating room much more confidently doing a robotic surgery,” said Dr. Joseph Ward.