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Busan Himchan Hospital Medical Director leads Mako Total Knee Certification Course 2.0 as sole instructor

“Sharing a wealth of clinical expertise”: Busan Himchan Hospital Medical Director Moon Nam-hoon leads lectures and hands-on training as sole instructor at Mako robotic ...

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Moon Nam-hoon served as the sole speaker for Stryker Korea's "Mako Total Knee Certification Course 2.0," delivering lectures and cadaver-based hands-on training on the Mako SmartRobotics system at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital and Hallym Mako Robot Center. The course covered preoperative planning, intraoperative workflows, and partial knee arthroplasty techniques, emphasizing clinical decision-making over equipment functions. Busan Himchan Hospital has utilized the Mako system for knee replacements since 2020, reaching 4,000 cumulative procedures by January 2026, and recently added hip replacement capabilities.

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    otic joint replacement surgery, from knees to hips The Mako SmartRobotics system covered by Medical Director Moon in the training is also part of the joint replacement surgery environment at Busan Himchan Hospital. Busan Himchan Hospital has used the Mako SmartRobotics system for knee replacement surgery since adopting it in 2020. In January 2026, the hospital recorded a cumulative 4,000 Mako robotic knee replacement
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  • robotic knee replacement procedures

    4,000

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    otic joint replacement surgery, from knees to hips The Mako SmartRobotics system covered by Medical Director Moon in the training is also part of the joint replacement surgery environment at Busan Himchan Hospital. Busan Himchan Hospital has used the Mako SmartRobotics system for knee replacement surgery since adopting it in 2020. In January 2026, the hospital recorded a cumulative 4,000 Mako robotic knee replacement
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otic joint replacement surgery, from knees to hips The Mako SmartRobotics system covered by Medical Director Moon in the training is also part of the joint replacement surgery environment at Busan Himchan Hospital. Busan Himchan Hospital has used the Mako SmartRobotics system for knee replacement surgery since adopting it in 2020. In January 2026, the hospital recorded a cumulative 4,000 Mako robotic knee replacement

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