Time is Money! Influence on Operating Theater and Sterilization Times of Patient-specific Cutting Guides and Single-use Instrumentation for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Full Factorial Design of 136 Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-specific cutting guides (PSGs) and single-use disposable instrumentation (SUI) have emerged as potential beneficial innovations for total knee arthroplasty. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of PSG and SUI for total knee arthroplasty on operating room (OR) and sterilization times.

Methods

A monocentric, prospective, interventional, full factorial design study, including 136 patients, compared patient-specific (PSG, n = 68) to conventional cutting guides (n = 68) and SUI (n = 68) to conventional instrumentation (CVI, n = 68). In the OR, we recorded the number of instrument trays, operating time, and room occupancy time. In the central sterile services department, the total sterilization duration was assessed. The primary outcome was operating

SUBMITTER: Teissier V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9596960 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature