| Title | Minimally invasive computer-navigated total knee arthroplasty. | | Author(s) | Biasca N, Schneider TO, Bungartz M | | Institution | Clinics of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine and Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Spital Oberengadin, CH-7503, Samedan (St. Moritz), Switzerland. Biasca@medicmotion.com | | Source | Orthop Clin North Am 2009 Oct; 40(4):537-63, x. | | MeSH | Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
Humans
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Surgery, Computer-Assisted
Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
Treatment Outcome
| | Abstract | Modern computerized knee navigation systems aid surgeons both in the conventional and in the minimally invasive approach to optimize mechanical and rotational alignments of the components in all three planes to avoid any malrotation and/or any errors in coronal, sagittal, and axial alignments. The advantages of minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty can be achieved without loss of accuracy. There is increasing evidence of a positive correlation between accurate mechanical alignment after total knee arthroplasty and functional as well as quality-of-life patient outcomes. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Review
| | PubMed ID | 19773060 |
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