Surgeon Performs First West Coast Total Hip Arthroplasty With Corin ApolloHipX™

Hoag Orthopedic Institute (HOI) orthopedic surgeon Travis Scudday, M.D., has performed the first total hip arthroplasty (THA) on the West Coast using the Corin ApolloHipX™ hip replacement robotic assist system. HOI is one of the nation’s leading providers of orthopedic and spine care and the leading provider of joint replacements in California and the Western United States.

“This device allows me to create a more personalized plan for my hip replacement patients,” said Dr. Scudday. “The use of personalized planning when combined with the direct anterior approach improves the THA outcome and minimizes soft-tissue disruption.”

Corin’s newest application for its Apollo™ robotic platform is the first THA solution to combine dynamic 3D preoperative planning with real-time intraoperative assessment from standard fluoroscopy.

By aligning a single 2D X-ray with a patient-specific 3D plan, the Corin system provides a real-time 3D assessment of implant position, regardless of patient positioning or C-arm alignment. This streamlined approach to fluoroscopy-based THA reduces the number of intraoperative images required, minimizing surgical time and radiation exposure within the OR.