Robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty improves the rotational mismatch between femoral and tibial components, but not the forgotten joint score 12: a single-center retrospective cohort study
Ayakane Yamamoto, Takao Kaneko, Kazutaka Takada, Shu Yoshizawa · 2023
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Ayakane Yamamoto, Takao Kaneko, Kazutaka Takada and Shu Yoshizawa compare robotic-assisted and standard jig-based knee replacement in eighty-three patients with varus knee arthritis. Three-dimensional CT scans measured how well the thigh and shin parts lined up in rotation, and patients filled in outcome scores one to two years after surgery.
The robotic group had smaller femoral rotation error and smaller mismatch between the two parts. Yet patient scores, covering pain, satisfaction and activity, did not differ between groups. One score, the forgotten joint score, was in fact better in the standard group. Robotics thus sharpened alignment on scans without a matching gain in how knees felt.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ayakane Yamamoto, Takao Kaneko, Kazutaka Takada, Shu Yoshizawa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |