Current role of computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty

CW Jones, SA Jerabek - The Journal of arthroplasty, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Computer-assisted surgical (CAS) navigation has been developed with the aim
of improving the accuracy and precision of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) component …

Coronal alignment in total knee replacement: historical review, contemporary analysis, and future direction

MP Abdel, S Oussedik, S Parratte, S Lustig… - The bone & joint …, 2014 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Substantial healthcare resources have been devoted to computer navigation and patient-
specific instrumentation systems that improve the reproducibility with which neutral …

Robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty demonstrated greater accuracy and precision to plan compared with manual techniques

EL Hampp, M Chughtai, LY Scholl… - The journal of knee …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
This study determined if robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty (RATKA) allows for
more accurate and precise bone cuts and component position to plan compared with …

The Chitranjan Ranawat Award: is neutral mechanical alignment normal for all patients?: the concept of constitutional varus

J Bellemans, W Colyn… - … and Related Research …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background Most knee surgeons have believed during TKA neutral mechanical alignment
should be restored. A number of patients may exist, however, for whom neutral mechanical …

A randomised controlled trial of kinematically and mechanically aligned total knee replacements: two-year clinical results

HG Dossett, NA Estrada, GJ Swartz… - The bone & joint …, 2014 - boneandjoint.org.uk
We have previously reported the short-term radiological results of a randomised controlled
trial comparing kinematically aligned total knee replacement (TKR) and mechanically …

The effect of alignment and BMI on failure of total knee replacement

MA Ritter, KE Davis, JB Meding, JL Pierson… - JBJS, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of tibiofemoral alignment,
femoral and tibial component alignment, and body-mass index (BMI) on implant survival …

Effect of postoperative mechanical axis alignment on the fifteen-year survival of modern, cemented total knee replacements

S Parratte, MW Pagnano, RT Trousdale, DJ Berry - JBJS, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background: One long-held tenet of total knee arthroplasty is that implant durability is
maximized when postoperative limb alignment is corrected to 0±3 relative to the mechanical …

Postoperative Alignment of Total Knee Replacement Its Effect on Survival.

MA Ritter, PM Faris, EM Keating… - … and Related Research …, 1994 - journals.lww.com
Four hundred twenty-one posterior cruciate condylar total knee arthroplasties were
performed between 1975 and 1983. Anatomic alignment of the knee was recorded on follow …

Coronal alignment in total knee arthroplasty: just how important is it?

DM Fang, MA Ritter, KE Davis - The Journal of arthroplasty, 2009 - Elsevier
A recent study has challenged the premise that well-aligned total knee arthroplasties (TKAs)
have better survival than outliers. This study examines the importance of overall coronal …

Robotic-assisted TKA reduces postoperative alignment outliers and improves gap balance compared to conventional TKA

EK Song, JK Seon, JH Yim, NA Netravali… - … and Related Research®, 2013 - Springer
Background Several studies have shown mechanical alignment influences the outcome of
TKA. Robotic systems have been developed to improve the precision and accuracy of …