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4 | October 19, 2017 | 22nd century media active aging Guide<br />
22ndCenturyMedia.com<br />
SILVER CROSS SENIOR ADVANTAGE<br />
HEALTH FAIR<br />
Monday, October 30, 2017<br />
9 a.m.- Noon<br />
Silver Cross Hospital<br />
Conference Center<br />
1890 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox<br />
Complimentary valet parking at Pavilion A/B<br />
and Outpatient Testing Entrances<br />
FREE SCREENINGS<br />
Blood Pressure • Colon Cancer Screening Kits<br />
Diabetes (non-fasting Blood Sugar) • Fall & Balance • Pulse Oximetry<br />
SPEAKER<br />
Medicare Made Clear at 9:30 & 11 a.m.<br />
presented by Maggie DelReal, Senior Vice President, United Healthcare<br />
Talk with representatives from many health plans, including Blue Cross<br />
Blue Shield, Humana and United Healthcare. A sales person<br />
will be present with information and applications.<br />
FLU & PNEUMONIA SHOTS<br />
Provided by Walgreens<br />
your insurance will be billed<br />
SILVER CROSS SERVICES<br />
Ask the Doctor • Childerguild Gift Shop • Diabetes & Wound Care<br />
Centers • Emergency/Urgent Care & Stroke Prevention • Encore (Resale)<br />
Shop • Health Management Center • Home Health Care • Outpatient<br />
Testing Center • The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at Silver Cross<br />
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver<br />
Cross • Volunteer Services & Lifeline Medical Alert Program<br />
SNACKS & DOOR PRIZE DRAWING<br />
complimentary coffee and light refreshments<br />
Advanced registration is not required. Questions?<br />
Call Neecie Jensen at (815) 300-7091<br />
Visit silvercross.org for more information.<br />
Tinley Park woman pain<br />
free after innovative<br />
surgery at Silver Cross<br />
Delphine Pankonin<br />
loves to spend time with<br />
her granddaughter, however,<br />
severe pain in her knee<br />
limited her mobility.<br />
She’s had minor arthritis<br />
in her knees for a while,<br />
but it started to affect her<br />
everyday life, including<br />
walking up and down the<br />
stairs in her own home.<br />
In April, Pankonin, 71,<br />
scheduled a visit with Dr.<br />
Andrew Ehmke, a surgeon<br />
with Midwest Institute of<br />
Robotic Surgery at Silver<br />
Cross Hospital, and an X-<br />
ray revealed the source of<br />
her pain was deteriorated<br />
cartilage in her knee joint.<br />
Pankonin, who lives in<br />
Tinley Park, was able to<br />
get a steroid injection, but<br />
that treatment only lasted a<br />
few weeks.<br />
“I told him to schedule<br />
me for knee surgery and<br />
I’m coming!” she said.<br />
So on July 20, 2017,<br />
Pankonin became one of<br />
the first patients at Silver<br />
Cross Hospital in New<br />
Lenox to undergo a total<br />
knee replacement using<br />
the Mako Robotic System.<br />
Pankonin was already familiar<br />
with Ehmke, who<br />
performed her hip surgery<br />
last year.<br />
Silver Cross Hospital is<br />
currently the only facility<br />
in Will and Grundy counties<br />
to offer hip and knee<br />
replacement procedures<br />
using the Mako Surgical<br />
Robot. The Midwest Institute<br />
for Robotic Surgery<br />
at Silver Cross Hospital<br />
performs more roboticassisted<br />
surgeries than any<br />
other facility in the Chicago<br />
area.<br />
Mako Robotic-Arm<br />
Assisted Surgery System<br />
Surgeons create a detailed<br />
plan specific to each<br />
patient.<br />
Patients, such as Pankonin,<br />
get a CT scan of the<br />
joint, which the surgeon<br />
uses to create a 3D virtual<br />
model of the knee. The<br />
Mako system helps guide<br />
the surgeon within the predefined<br />
area and prevents<br />
the surgeon from moving<br />
outside the planed boundaries.<br />
“Robotic surgery allows<br />
me to accurately restore<br />
the anatomy of the knee<br />
because of the precision of<br />
the Mako Robot,” Ehmke<br />
said. “I am still the one<br />
performing the operation<br />
and have full control over<br />
the robot. The robot is just<br />
another tool to ensure accurate<br />
placement of the<br />
implant.”<br />
Pankonin said Ehmke<br />
explained the whole procedure<br />
prior to surgery and<br />
made her feel more comfortable.<br />
“From the very first time<br />
I saw him, I liked his bedside<br />
manner,” she said.<br />
“He explains everything<br />
very thoroughly. That’s<br />
why I came back to him<br />
for my knee.”<br />
Recovery<br />
Pankonin is currently<br />
going through physical<br />
therapy, and she said her<br />
recovery is going very<br />
well.<br />
“Just a few weeks after<br />
surgery and Delphine’s recovery<br />
is going extremely<br />
well thanks to the Mako<br />
Robot.” Ehmke said.<br />
“I only had to use my<br />
cane for one week. Then<br />
my physical therapist took<br />
it away from me,” Pankonin<br />
added with a laugh. “I<br />
can walk stairs now. So<br />
I’m very excited about my<br />
progress.”<br />
To learn more about<br />
Mako Robotic- assisted<br />
knee replacement, visit<br />
www.midwestroboticsur<br />
gery.org.<br />
Submitted by Silver Cross<br />
Hospital, 1900 Silver Cross<br />
Blvd. in New Lenox. For<br />
more information, visit www.<br />
silvercross.org or call (815)<br />
300-1100.
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