Korea Striker Delivers Thank You Plates to the World's Largest Himchan Hospital for Mako Robotic Surgery...25% of the number of operations in Korea
Mar 10, 2025
On the 7th, Himchan Hospital received a plaque of appreciation from the Korea Striker, the Korean branch of Mako Robotics, 'the world's largest number of Mako Robot Surgery'.
According to the Korea Striker, the hospital recognized the excellence of Makorobot artificial joint surgery by performing the most surgery among single institutions in the world in 2023 after leading the introduction of the Makorobot system into domestic medical care.
Makorobot is an artificial joint surgery robot widely used not only overseas but also in Korea, and has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for total knee replacement, partial replacement, and hip replacement. As of 2024, it has approximately 1.5 million surgical cases in 44 countries around the world and results from more than 425 clinical studies. As of 2023, it accounted for about 61% of the total number of robotic artificial joint surgeries performed in Korea, and the cumulative number of surgeries in Korea by December 2024 reached about 46,000, according to the Korea Striker. Currently, a total of 59 macorobots operated by domestic hospitals are counted.
"Machorobot surgery has the advantage of preventing damage to normal tissues and reducing bleeding because the size, insertion position, and cutting range of the artificial joint suitable for the patient can be planned in advance based on 3D CT images, and the instrument automatically stops if it is out of the set cutting range during surgery," said Shim Hyun-woo, CEO of the Korean Striker. Since the first introduction of macorobots in 2020, Himchan Hospital, which currently operates three macorobots, has 11,514 operations by December 2024. This is by far the highest number of operations in Korea for a single hospital, and the highest number of operations in the world, especially in 2023 and 2024."
Lee Soo-chan, CEO of Himchan Hospital, said "Seven veteran orthopedic surgeons with at least 1,000 and as many as 10,000 operations in the knee artificial joint surgery are focusing on improving the completeness of surgery, performing about 30 operations per month. Robotic artificial joint surgery is also highly satisfactory to doctors as well as patients, so we expect it to become an advanced surgical technique that complements existing surgery."
According to the Korea Striker, the hospital recognized the excellence of Makorobot artificial joint surgery by performing the most surgery among single institutions in the world in 2023 after leading the introduction of the Makorobot system into domestic medical care.
Makorobot is an artificial joint surgery robot widely used not only overseas but also in Korea, and has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for total knee replacement, partial replacement, and hip replacement. As of 2024, it has approximately 1.5 million surgical cases in 44 countries around the world and results from more than 425 clinical studies. As of 2023, it accounted for about 61% of the total number of robotic artificial joint surgeries performed in Korea, and the cumulative number of surgeries in Korea by December 2024 reached about 46,000, according to the Korea Striker. Currently, a total of 59 macorobots operated by domestic hospitals are counted.
"Machorobot surgery has the advantage of preventing damage to normal tissues and reducing bleeding because the size, insertion position, and cutting range of the artificial joint suitable for the patient can be planned in advance based on 3D CT images, and the instrument automatically stops if it is out of the set cutting range during surgery," said Shim Hyun-woo, CEO of the Korean Striker. Since the first introduction of macorobots in 2020, Himchan Hospital, which currently operates three macorobots, has 11,514 operations by December 2024. This is by far the highest number of operations in Korea for a single hospital, and the highest number of operations in the world, especially in 2023 and 2024."
Lee Soo-chan, CEO of Himchan Hospital, said "Seven veteran orthopedic surgeons with at least 1,000 and as many as 10,000 operations in the knee artificial joint surgery are focusing on improving the completeness of surgery, performing about 30 operations per month. Robotic artificial joint surgery is also highly satisfactory to doctors as well as patients, so we expect it to become an advanced surgical technique that complements existing surgery."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
