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EASTON — University of Maryland Shore Medical Group — Nephrology recently welcomed a new provider, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed. Ahmed is seeing patients at UM Shore Medical Pavilion in Denton.
PNN Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 28: In a landmark achievement for the city's medical fraternity and for complete South Tamil Nadu, Preethi Hospital successfully performed the first robotic-assisted Total Knee replacement surgery in Madurai using Next Generation robot that delivers a smarter and more efficient solution for joint replacements. The surgery was done by Dr R. Sivakumar, Chief of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Chairman of the Preethi Hospital, employing the state-of-the-art CORI Robotic Surgical System. The CORI system, an imageless technology, eliminates the necessity for preoperative CT Scan. This not only reduces the utilization of preoperative healthcare resources and the cost burden on patients, but also minimizes patient radiation exposure in comparison to image-guided robotic-assisted TKR procedures. The advent of imageless TKA platforms represents a pivotal advancement towards the broader adoption of robotic TKR. Dr Sivakumar said that he is proud to