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Computer-assisted TKA better than conventional approach in TKA

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March 2013

Computer-assisted TKA better than conventional approach in TKA

Vol: 2| Issue: 2| Number:50| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Blood loss in computer-assisted mobile bearing total knee arthroplasty. A comparison of computer-assisted surgery with a conventional technique

Int Orthop. 2009 Dec;33(6):1609-13. Epub 2008 Sep 2.

Contributing Authors:
F Conteduca F Massai R Iorio E Zanzotto D Luzon

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100 patients with gonarthrosis, who were undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), were randomized to either a computer assisted total knee arthroplasty group (CAS-TKA) or a conventional TKA group. This trial was conducted to assess the CAS-TKA method's ability to reduce blood loss in comparison to the conventional TKA method. The results from this study indicated that CAS-TKA demonstrated a reduc...

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