pune citybased sancheti institute for orthopaedics and rehabilitation on wednesday said efforts are on to soon start computer aided total knee replacement surgeriesjoint medical director dr parag sancheti who has recently undergone an advanced training at hamburg in germany told newspersons that talks are on with three indian companies for the software and equipment required for technique we hope to put it in place in the next three months he saidcomputerassisted surgery according to sancheti helps surgeons precisely maintain the mechanical axis besides aligning the patients bones and joint implants with a degree of accuracy otherwise a little difficult with the naked eye at the click of the mouse doctors will have detailed information allowing them to balance the ligaments he aid adding the software will also help doctors use smaller incisions instead of the traditional larger openingsvery few people across the globe are using this technique he aid adding that an orthopaedic surgeon from mumbai is currently using this advanced technology for knee replacementswhile the initial efforts are on for the knee replacement surgeries sancheti said it can be upgraded for hip replacements and spine as well later on meanwhile the master of surgery alumni association of dundee university uk is organising a twoday international continuous medical education cme programme at pune starting september 10 to commemorate running of 10 years of the courseaccording to the course director dr r abboud the course was started in 1994 to impart specialised training in biomechanics and aspects in orthopaedics to 178 doctors from across the globe including 90 per cent from india that is the reason for organising this conference here in the city he said while this is one of its kind course available for orthopaedic surgeons worldwide abboud said the university is exploring possibility of collaboration with its indian partners in the field of training as well as services