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Patient-specific instruments may not be applicable to all total knee arthroplasty cases
April 2014
Patient-specific instruments may not be applicable to all total knee arthroplasty cases
Study Type:Randomized Trial
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:2
Is TKA using patient-specific instruments comparable to conventional TKA? A randomized controlled study of one system
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Dec;471(12):3988-95. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3206-1. Epub 2013 Aug 2Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
100 patients were randomized to total knee arthroplasty with either patient-specific instrumentation or conventional instrumentation. The purpose was to determine if patient-specific guides offered improved postoperative alignment over conventional methods. The results from the analysis indicated that component alignment was similar between the two treatment groups, but a large percentage (16%) of...
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