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CT-based Patient Specific Instrumentation offers no additional benefit to conventional TKA
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CT-based Patient Specific Instrumentation offers no additional benefit to conventional TKA
Int Orthop. 2014 Oct;38(10):2099-107
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A Kotela I Kotela

112 adults with advanced osteoarthritis who were scheduled to undergo primary uncemented total knee arthroplasty (TKA) were randomly allocated to computed tomography (CT)-based patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) or conventional instrumentation. Radiographic evaluation was performed 12 months postoperatively, and findings revealed no statistically significant differences in coronal or sagittal implant positioning between techniques, except in the frontal tibial component angle (FTC). Patients in the conventional group experienced better FTC than patients in the PSI group.

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OrthoEvidence. CT-based Patient Specific Instrumentation offers no additional benefit to conventional TKA. ACE Report. 2015;5(1):23. Available from: https://myorthoevidence.com/AceReport/Report/ct-based-patient-specific-instrumentation-offers-no-additional-benefit-to-conventional-tka

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