Custom cutting blocks vs conventional instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty

Knee. 2014 Jan;21(1):185-8. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2013.08.003. Epub 2013 Aug 15

AAOS 2015: Comparison of custom cutting blocks and conventional instrumentation in TKA

Improved Tibial Rotation Alignment with customized cutting blocks in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2019 Aug;29(6):1297-1304.

The effect of PSCB on hip-knee-ankle angle compared to manual instrumentation in TKA

Int Orthop. 2015 Aug;39(8):1541-52

AAOS 2016: Comparison of alignment between patient-specific cutting blocks and navigation

COA: Similar function and satisfaction between custom cutting block and standard TKR

COA/AOA: Patient-specific cutting blocks similar to computer navigation in TKA

SICOT2018: CT assessment of component rotation in TKA between CCB and conventional instruments

Patient-specific instruments yield no significant effect on radiographic and clinical results in TKA

J Arthroplasty. 2018 Mar;33(3):746-751

Patient-specific guides do not improve CT-assessed component alignment in TKA

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Mar 5;96(5):366-72

AAOS2017: Similar short-term micromotion between kinematic & mechanical strategies in TKA

ISASS: Modified Marmot Operation versus Spinous Process Transverse Cutting Laminectomy

AAOS2019: 5-yr outcomes no different in kinematic- vs. mechanical-alignment total knee arthroplasty

ISAKOS: Patient-specific cutting guides comparable to conventional instrumentation in TKR

Patient-specific cutting guides comparable with conventional instrumentation in TKR

Bone Joint J. 2013 Mar;95-B(3):354-9. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B3.29903

Lumbar radiculopathy: reduced symptoms result from nerve root blocks without surgery

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Aug;88(8):1722-5

Pain reduction from mid/upper back pain with medial branch blocks with/without steroids

Anesthesiol Res Pract. 2012;2012:585806. doi: 10.1155/2012/585806. Epub 2012 Jul 19

PSI does not offer any significant functional benefit over conventional instruments in TKA

J Arthroplasty. 2016 Oct;31(10):2173-80

No radiological or clinical benefit of patient-specific vs standard instrumentation in TKA

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015 Dec;23(12):3637-45

AAOS 2015: Adductor canal vs femoral nerve blocks with periarticular bupivacaine in TKA