One of the Caribbean’s leading tertiary health care institutions continues its mission to roll out new technologies to improve both surgical outcomes and times.
Health City Cayman Islands has notched another Caribbean first with the acquisition of the Smith+Nephew INTELLIO Connected Tower Solution, packed with 4K technology, that enhances the view of surgical areas, particularly in orthopedic joint repair and replacement procedures.
“It’s a big game changer,” said Dr. Alwin Almeida, Chief Orthopedic Surgeon and Head of the Department of Orthopedics at Health City Cayman Islands.
“To put it simply, it’s like using the ‘Ferrari’ of arthroscopic towers. It is fast, it’s efficient, and it improves my efficiency. It allows me to do more procedures in a shorter time and it allows a consistent result with all surgeries,” he said.
With more than 20 years of experience in arthroscopic procedures and joint replacements, Dr. Almeida, who has successfully completed more than 6,000 surgeries in his career, added, “It gives us the best environment possible. It’s an automatic system that adjusts during the surgery to give you the best possible joint picture so that you can do the best possible job with regard to the repair.”
Dr. Almeida appreciates the need to continually invest in and leverage technological advances for the benefit of his patients.
“As a surgeon, I’m always looking for innovative ways to improve surgical outcomes,” he said, adding that the technology has improved, and intelligent machines can now control many of the previous manual functions.
Health City Cayman Islands recently introduced robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to the list of state-of-the-art medical services the tertiary care facility offers through a partnership with local health care provider OceanMed.
The partnership involves OceanMed obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. David Stone, who utilizes the da Vinci X robotic system to perform a variety of minimally invasive gynecologic surgeries with the assistance of Health City specialists, including gynecologist Dr. Pooja Monteiro and anesthesiologist Dr. Susan Paul.
Thousands of patients across North America, Latin American and the Caribbean have been able to have increased quality of life as a result of the skilled work done by Dr. Almeida and his colleagues in the Department of Orthopedics.
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