This week the Institut Calot got a surgical table especially for orthopaedic surgery (bones, joints, nerves, muscles, tendons) and namely the lower limbs. This is the only equipment of its kind in Europe. Presentation with Dr Bouxin, Head of Surgery.

The Steris OT1000 is the Institut Calot's latest purchase. It may look like a multi-gym with its many hinges and "après-ski" fittings but it's actually a cutting-edge surgical table. The model may be all over the US but nowhere in Europe has it...until it came to Berck this week.

"Compared to standard surgical tables, this one makes handling and surgical procedures easier," says Bertrand Bouxin, Head of the Orthopaedic Department. It is especially useful in anterior hip replacement surgery and implant surgery (see below). It is made mainly of carbon and also produces accurate hip scans. "This table is very reliable medically-speaking and less expensive as it requires fewer staff."


A 100 000€ table...

A less expensive procedure comes at a price: 100 000 €. "It's a paradoxical situation," says Dr Bertrand Bouxin. On the one hand, the budget is getting tighter and staff is limited. On the other hand, the centre is investing in the latest equipment. "The table will be paid off in 18 months to 2 years. The table replaces an operating nurse as it's mobile. An implant can be fitted by just 1 or 2 surgeons."

Also, because operations are easier, patients suffer less post-surgery and can leave the centre in under a week. Dr Bouxin says, "This equipment makes sense in medical and business terms."

The surgeon estimates the table to have a 10-year lifespan "based on technological changes." By that time, the new equipment will have provided a high number of services.

So how does the OT1000 actually work?

Surgeons can handle limbs far more easily as the patient's legs are in stirrups. To fit a hip replacement using anterior approach surgery, the surgeon lowers the leg so it's no longer in line with the body making the hip accessible. Without this table, this type of operation is more delicate and surgeons tend to use the posterior approach which Dr Bouxin believes is not as safe.

Patients recover faster

The more common posterior approach surgery is more painful in the days following the procedure. The table enables surgeons to go through the muscles rather than cut them. "After anterior approach surgery, the patient can be up and about the same evening," says Bertrand Bouxin. "The patient can go home after five days. Thirty years ago, patients stayed in hospital for almost two months."

A table for several operations

The Institut Calot's new table can be used in surgery on lower limbs, femur and tibia traumatology, hip arthroscopy and hip replacement.

publié le 04/12/2014 – La Voix du Nord

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