An Emirati doctor performs 1500 operations using robots and intelligence Artificial

99% success rate and human error rate in conventional operations 20%

Dr. Ali Al Baloushi, Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon and Joint Replacement, Vice President of the Orthopedic Division at the Emirates Medical Association, revealed that more than 1,500 artificial joint operations have been performed since the beginning of the use of robots and artificial intelligence in UAE since 2018 until now, including primary, kidney, molecular or secondary artificial joints with a very high success rate of 99% compared to traditional operations, setting a world record.
Dr. Ali Al Baloushi, who is the first to introduce robotic technology to the operating room in the Middle East, stressed that the use of robots and artificial intelligence during surgery is characterized by high accuracy in planning and implementation, which reduces human errors by 20% (outside the target 3 millimeters), while using the robot, the accuracy rate reaches 99% inside the target, which is very high, and the time taken, the percentage of pain and the percentage of bleeding during the operation is less, in addition to the period spent by the patient inside the hospital is less By many traditional methods.
Dr. Ali Al Baloushi, who is one of the medical competencies in the Arab world, said that the idea of using artificial intelligence and robotics came in line with the UAE’s strategy to use artificial intelligence in 2017, as he was one of the first doctors who trained on this technology after its adoption in the United States of America in 2016, and he was the first to introduce the robot for the installation of artificial joints to the Middle East, indicating that the robot enabled the surgeon to dress the joints with very high accuracy that suits the patient’s tissues and size. And its shape, which helped reduce pain, increase customer satisfaction, and speed recovery with physical therapy
Dr. Ali Al Baloushi explained that there are several reasons for joint roughness, including age, in addition to some athletes’ injuries, which lead over time to wear and stiffness of the joints so that the patient reaches the stage of disappearance of the cartilage crust and thus is replaced by installing a metal shell with the same specifications as the previous shell by using artificial intelligence and robots with high accuracy.
He added that the UAE now occupies an advanced position in training doctors on robotic joint surgeries, through the experience gained during the past five years, which reduced the travel of citizens abroad for treatment.
Dr. Ali said that the eleventh session of the Orthopaedic Conference, which will be held on the seventeenth of this month in Abu Dhabi with the participation of about 1,000 doctors, specialists and technicians, is of particular importance to doctors, specialists and professionals in the fields of orthopaedics, not only as one of the most important and largest bone gatherings in the country, will discuss at length, especially topics related to joint replacement operations using augmented reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the latest global trends in the field of Cartilage transplantation using stem cell stem cell technology

In recent years, augmented reality and artificial intelligence technologies have become increasingly useful in orthopedics thanks to their many advantages, which provide operating teams with the tools to take a more specialized approach to patient care.
Dr. Ali Al Baloushi pointed out that one of the most important objectives of the annual conference of the Emirates Medical Association since its inception aims to provide a platform to train national doctors and their counterparts from neighboring countries on the latest global trends in the diagnosis and treatment of orthopedic diseases and exchange experiences and knowledge in everything related to orthopedic surgery with the best international experts and specialists, in addition to reviewing the latest modern medical devices and equipment used in orthopedic surgeries and discussing new treatments.
Dr. Ali Al Balaushi pointed out that the current session of the conference will focus mainly on the modern uses of medical endoscopes and artificial intelligence in the fields of knee and shoulder replacement through the use of augmented reality through the “detailing” and manufacturing of the knee or shoulder for each patient separately The knee according to the patient’s sizes, as well as the role of stem cells and plasma in the prevention, treatment and cultivation of corroded cartilage, especially for young people and sports injuries, pointing out that the preservation of cartilage at young ages at the age of Early makes us avoid joint replacement in the future.