Imageless, robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty combined with a robotic tensioning system can help predict and achieve accurate postoperative ligament balance

Background: Achieving balanced gaps is a key surgical goal in total knee arthroplasty, yet most methods rely on subjective surgeon feel and experience to assess and achieve knee balance intraoperatively. Our objective was to evaluate the ability to quantitatively plan and achieve a balanced knee thr...

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Main Authors: Sami Shalhoub, MS, Jeffrey M. Lawrence, MD, John M. Keggi, MD, Amber L. Randall, MD, Jeffrey H. DeClaire, MD, Christopher Plaskos, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344119300871