MINI REVIEW article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Orthopedic Surgery
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1591756
This article is part of the Research TopicThe Dawn of Future Orthopaedic Surgery: Intraoperative Navigation and Robotic Assistance - Volume IIView all 4 articles
Application of augmented reality and surgical robotic navigation in total hip and knee replacement
Provisionally accepted
- 1Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China
- 2Hexi Hospital, Tianjin, Tianjin, China
- 3Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
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With advancements in computer vision, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge sciences and technologies, the focus of modern surgical technology has increasingly shifted towards intelligent, digital, minimally invasive, and precision approaches. Augmented reality (AR) technology and surgical robotics have emerged as significant research areas in total hip and knee replacement.Navigation systems, pivotal in both AR and robotic surgery, play a crucial role by guiding surgical operations with shared techniques. Recent developments in navigation systems for hip and knee replacements have focused on more natural, intelligent, and efficient methodologies. Utilizing AR or surgical robots for navigation significantly enhances the safety and accuracy of these procedures.Importantly, these technologies eliminate the need for implanting positioning screws or other reference objects into the bone structure, thereby markedly reducing the risk of severe complications such as lower limb pain and fractures. This paper reviews the current applications, main challenges, and solutions associated with AR and surgical robot navigation systems in total hip and knee replacements.
Keywords: Total hip replacement, Total knee replacement, augmented reality, surgical robot, Operative navigation
Received: 12 Mar 2025; Accepted: 08 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhang, Liu, Luo and Guo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Su Y Guo, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, Beijing Municipality, China
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