Radiographic assessment and clinical outcomes after total knee arthroplasty using an accelerometer-based portable navigation device.

ABSTRACT: It has been reported that an accelerometer-based portable navigation device can achieve accurate bone cuts, but there have been few studies of clinical outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using such a device. The aim of this study was to evaluate lower limb alignment and clinical outcomes after TKA using an accelerometer-based portable navigation device. Thirty-five patients (40 knees) underwent primary TKAs using an accelerometer-based portable navigation device. Postoperative radiographic assessments included the hip-knee-ankle angle, femoral component angle (FCA), and tibial component angle (TCA) in the coronal plane and the sagittal FCA and sagittal TCA in the sagittal plane. Clinical outcomes were evaluated by the Japanese Orthopedic Association score for osteoarthritic knees

SUBMITTER: Shoji H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6123170 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature