Linked kinematic knee balancing in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
| Autor: | Safa C. Fassihi, Alex Gu, Peter Z. Berger, Casey Gioia, Seth Stake, Kamran N. Sadr, Ryan Mortman, Evan Argintar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Orthodontics 030222 orthopedics business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Total knee arthroplasty 030229 sport sciences Kinematics musculoskeletal system Arthroplasty Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Unicompartmental knee medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty business Mechanical axis |
| Zdroj: | J Orthop |
| ISSN: | 0972-978X |
| Popis: | The traditional approach of restoring a neutral mechanical axis to the lower extremity during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has long been favored due its consistency and reproducibility. The kinematic alignment approach, which accounts for the patient's natural knee alignment and is commonly a few degrees varus to the mechanical axis, has gained popularity in recent years as a technique which reestablishes a more anatomic alignment. Linked Anatomic Kinematic Arthroplasty (LAKA), an extension of the kinematic approach that employs computer-assisted surgical (CAS) navigation, can improve the accuracy and precision of kinematic measurements in unicompartmental knee arthroplasties. This article will describe the LAKA technique in UKA and review early clinical outcomes associated with this technique. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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