Journal article
Total knee arthroplasty using patient-specific instrumentation for osteoarthritis of the knee: a meta-analysis
Abstract
BackgroundTotal knee arthroplasty using patient-specific instrumentation (TKA-PSI), which are disposable cutting block guides generated to fit each patient’s 3-dimensional knee anatomy, has been developed to treat patients with end-stage osteoarthritis of the knee. Surrogate markers such as radiographic malalignment have been well investigated, however, patient-important outcomes are not well examined to elucidate the efficacy of TKA-PSI. The …
Authors
Kizaki K; Shanmugaraj A; Yamashita F; Simunovic N; Duong A; Khanna V; Ayeni OR
Journal
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol. 20, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2019
DOI
10.1186/s12891-019-2940-2
ISSN
1471-2474