Dr. Velyvis robotic knee surgeon in San Francisco, Ca has performed over 500 robotic knee surgeries, which is the most in the United States. The MakoPlasty partial knee replacement and the MakoPlasty total hip replacement are the most accurate, patient-specific custom techniques available at this time. Starting in 2008, Dr. Velyvis has now performed this procedure in over 500 cases to the delight of his patients. Their outcomes have never been better with this precision technique. With the aid of the passive robotic arm, each joint replacement is customized to the exact specifications of each patient. A more accurate joint replacement leads to a longer lasting result.

Dr. John Velyvis Makoplasty knee surgeon San Francisco, Ca is the Number ONE MakoPlasty surgeon in the USA. MakoPlasty is robotic assisted precision surgery. The joint surfaces are carefully and precisely sculpted with the robotic arm under full control of the surgeon. This allows the most accurate installation of your joint replacement possible. The surgery takes less than an hour and each surgery is performed through minimally invasive techniques.

John H. Velyvis, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon in San Francisco, CA. His areas of specialty include total knee replacement, total hip replacement surgery and arthroscopic knee surgery.

Dr. Velyvis specializes in minimally invasive surgery in the hip and knee, and has lectured and published extensively on this topic within the field of orthopedics. He helped pioneer a minimally invasive hip replacement surgical technique which is now widely used, and has experience with the MAKOplasty robotic knee replacement.