MELAKA, May 2 -- Knee replacement surgery is often associated with concerns about post-operative pain, infection, recovery time, and implant longevity.

Despite these fears, surgical procedures in Malaysia have advanced significantly from conventional to computer-assisted and the latest robotic-assisted surgery, providing greater precision, safer and cost-effective over time.

Oriental Melaka Straits Medical Centre (OMSMC) has recently adopted the VELYS™ Robotic-Assisted Solution, an imageless system that enables surgeons to map the patient's knee in real time without requiring additional CT scans.

Its Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, Dr. Vincent Lim Li Aik, said patients typically seek specialist care only when knee pain...