
Arthroplasty
No benefit of patient specific instrumentation (PSI) in TKA in terms of coronal alignment
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Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2015 Jun;101(4):461-8
26 studies were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis analyzing the alignment outcomes of patient-specific instrumented knee arthroplasty (TKA) as compared to conventional methods. The results of the study indicated that there was no significant difference in the number of outliers with greater than 3-degrees deviation from a neutral mechanical axis in comparing results between TKA completed with patient-specific versus conventional instrumentation.
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