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ROBOTIC TOOLS, NEXT-GEN PROSTHESES, AND 3D PRINTING ARE REDEFINING ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
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alrico residents Roger and Gloria Chambers loved traveling to archaeological sites around the world—until one of Roger’s ailing knees gave out as they were walking through a long terminal at London Gatwick Airport several years ago and he had to be pushed along in a cart. Before long, Chambers ended up in the office of Dr. Michael Miranda, an orthopedic surgeon at Tampa General Hospital and Florida Orthopaedic Institute. It was more than Miranda’s sterling reputation that drew Roger and Gloria, whose own arthritic knees needed attention as well. Retired educa-
tors, they’d also read of Miranda’s use of roboticassisted surgery in conjunction with both TGH and the Institute, and they wanted to benefit from the greater precision and improved patient outcomes, including quicker recoveries and less pain. “This is the only way to go,” said Roger, who underwent a total knee replacement two months after his wife in the fall of 2019. “It really worked well. He is really outstanding.” TGH is accustomed to superior outcomes. For 2021-22, it ranks as the top hospital in Florida and No. 23 in the nation in orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. The all-fellowship-
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