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Patients outside the Twin Cities metro area in need of arthroplasty – better known as joint replacement or reconstruction surgery – can now benefit from Allina Health Buffalo Hospital having the most advanced technology available. The recent addition of a Mako 4 robotic surgical system makes Allina Health Buffalo Hospital one of only two hospitals in Minnesota with this technology.
The hospital will use the Mako 4 system in joint surgeries such as partial and total knee replacements, total knee revisions (“replacement of artificial joint”), total hip replacements and revisions. The Mako is also the only system with robotic arm-assisted capabilities for completing total shoulder arthroplasty. Buffalo Hospital expects to offer shoulder surgeries with this platform late 2025 or early 2026.