Himchan Hospital, Mako Robot, and Rosa Robot also have the most artificial knee joint surgery in Korea
Apr 04, 2025
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According to Zimmer Biomet Korea, Himchan Hospital delivered a plaque of appreciation in recognition of its contribution to promoting the excellence of Rosa Robot by performing 1,500 operations, the highest number of operations in Korea, by the end of last year after introducing the Rosa Robot system in February 2022. In particular, the head of the Joint Clinic Junghoon Lee, an orthopedic surgeon, conducted about 500 operations and was selected as the most common doctor in Korea who performed rosa robot knee artificial joint surgery as the number of single operations.
Rosa Robot is a globally widely used artificial joint surgical robot along with Mako Robot, a fifth-generation artificial intelligence robot approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for knee replacement. As of 2025, it has been installed in 50 hospitals in Korea, and since its launch in Korea in January 2022, it has achieved about 10,000 operations based on the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service by the end of last year. About 15% of them were performed at Himchan Hospital.
According to the industry, Rosa Robot and Mako Robot, which are competing for the lead in the domestic artificial joint surgery robot market, sold 20 and 11 units in Korea last year, respectively. As of December 2024, a total of 55 macorobots and 47 rosa robots were operated in domestic hospitals, accounting for about 63% of all artificial joint surgical robots.
Seo Ha-young, CEO of Zimmer Biomet Korea, said "Rosa Robot is improving the accuracy of surgery by understanding the patient's joint structure in advance through 3D simulation and accurately planning the cutting range to reduce the error range. By increasing accuracy, it reduces bleeding and reduces the risk of side effects and infections, resulting in high satisfaction of patients as well as practitioners. "Harmic Hospital, which is leading the domestic artificial joint surgery field, took full advantage of the Rosa robot system to achieve the most surgery in Korea, which is a significant achievement that has contributed greatly to the development of robotic artificial joint surgery."
Lee Soo-chan, CEO of Himchan Hospital, said, `While surgical techniques and surgical tools are constantly developing to increase the accuracy and success rate of knee artificial joint surgery, robotic surgery machines are becoming a new medical technology that complements existing surgery. I think Himchan Hospital was recognized for its proficiency in robotic surgery as it operated both Rosa Robot and Mako Robot System, which accounted for the largest share in Korea, and performed the most surgeries last year"We will continue to research and actively introduce various new treatments with the hope of leading the treatment of knee arthritis, a degenerative disease that will gradually increase as we enter an ultra-aged society."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
