Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center - Carolina Pines Offering Robotic-Assisted Knee Replacement S

HARTSVILLE, SC (October 12, 2021) – Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center is pleased

to announce that it is advancing orthopaedic care in the region by offering its surgeons the

opportunity to utilize robotic-assisted technology to perform robotic knee replacement surgery.

Carolina Pines has acquired a ROSA® Robotic Knee System to aid in performing minimally-

invasive procedures for patients undergoing total knee replacement. The robot, located tableside

in the operating room, allows a surgeon's hand movements to be scaled, filtered, and translated

into precise movements of micro-instruments at the surgical site.

Robotic technology enables surgeons to personalize procedures for their patients. Dr. Barry Clark, orthopaedic surgeon at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, understands the benefits that this advanced technology brings to the local community and surrounding areas. Dr. Clark shared, “The use of robotics in knee surgery can improve the accuracy in the placement of knee instrumentation, reduce tissue damage by utilizing more precise and smaller incisions, and reduce radiation exposure to the patient as well as the entire surgical team during surgery.”

Dr. Aaron Wynkoop, orthopaedic surgeon at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center commented, “We understand that getting back to work and doing the things you love is important

to our community members. By offering this new technology, we can help patients tackle their pain, and get back on the road to recovery.”

“For everyone involved – surgeons, medical staff and, most importantly, patients – robotic- assisted surgery has the potential to offer a number of key benefits and advantages, says Dr. Clark. “We know the decision to have joint replacement surgery is often a difficult one for patients to make, and we believe these robotically-assisted technologies have the potential to make it an easier one moving forward.”