17 years experienceMr. Michael Flint
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Specialist
As an orthopaedic expert Michael Flint specialises in primary and revision hip and knee joint replacement. He is a recognised national expert in musculoskeletal tumour surgery.
Michael Flint is an experienced and skilled surgeon and one of the few proponents in New Zealand of Direct Anterior Hip Replacement Surgery,a minimally invasive muscle-sparing technique leading to faster rehabilitation, with less pain and a lower risk of dislocation than standard hip replacement techniques. He is also a proponent of robotic assisted knee replacement.
TECHNOLOGY IN JOINT REPLACEMENT
Computer Assisted Knee Replacement
Computer navigation provides your surgeon with real-time 3-D images of your mapped knee and the surgical instruments during surgery. The data for the images is provided by infrared sensors fixed to the bones of the knee and surgical instruments. Their position is tracked by an infrared camera placed above the surgical table, which is connected to a computer. The computer then generates real-time images with the help of the appropriate software to guide your surgeon to precisely resurface and cut the bones of the knee, and fix the implant precisely and accurately according to the preoperative surgical plan.
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East Care Specialist Centre
260 Botany Rd
Howick, AK 2013Tel: 09 277 1540
Fax: 09 277 1515
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The Orthopaedic Clinic
Allevia Specialist Centre
100 Mountain Rd, Epsom, AK 1023Tel: 09 630 0214
Fax: 09 630 3981