Kristin Keller, Club President, called the meeting to order
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and led the pledge to the flag
Announcements:
ROCS held on Saturday September 24 - volunteer online
ROCS held on Saturday September 24 - volunteer online
Hilton Head Oyster Festival is Friday November 11 and 12. We have the opportunity to supply man power as well as our popcorn wagon to work off some of our remaining Rec Center debt.
Anyone know of a student who is interested in becoming an exchange student? Contact Kristin for details.
If you haven't signed up for a committee, please do so. Kristin has the signup sheets.
Suzie Oliver, Sergeant at Arms collected Happy $$
Speaker:
Speakers this morning were member Dr. Nick Mihelic and Craig (sorry missed his last name) from Charleston, representative and expert on OMNIBotics - robotic knee surgery.
This was an extremely interesting presentation. Robotic surgery greatly improves patient satisfaction - to greater than 97% as compared to 81% satisfaction from traditional methods. Knee pain is often caused by arthritis caused by damaged cartilage. Arthritis being osteoarthritis, rheumatoid and post-traumatic.
When pain affects everyday activities such as walking, driving, lifting, standing or exercising and treatment is needed, there are two options: non-surgical - weight loss, dietary changes, activity modification, walking aids. physical therapy. anti-inflammatory medication, anti-inflammatory injections, joint fluid therapy, acupuncture; or surgery. Surgery can be traditional or robotic. The results of robotic surgery are astoundingly good. There are different robotic companies - the one represented here was OMNIBotics.
We saw a brief video which showed that robotics makes a difference in outcome satisfaction because of the greater accuracy. The surgeon is able to customize the knee replacement procedure to plan cuts and prosthesis before bone cuts are made. Robotic surgery does take longer - adds 10 - 20 minutes - because of the computer settings, but well worth the extra time. You, as a patient, have the ability to research and find a surgeon that uses this method to increase your possibility of a favorable outcome. For more information about this amazing option for total knee replacement, visit www.coringroup.com