Each knee with arthritis is unique and so should the tools that accompany the implantation of total arthroplasty. Sotirios Leles, an orthopedic surgeon, speaks to Nikos Evangelatos and newsit.gr about total knee arthroplasty.
Total knee arthroplasty is an arthritic and damaged knee -damaged recovery procedure with special intentions, which aims to relieve the patient of arthritis pain and disability and to restore joint functionality, allowing him to improve his quality of life.
Proper placement of total arthroplasty implants affects its function as well as its duration.
The method of personalized knee arthroplasty comes to solve the problem of proper knee intentions, as studies have highlighted the important role of proper placement for the patient’s postoperative course.
With the traditional method, the correct placement is achieved by extracellular and intramuscular bars, as well as by calculating specific angles in anatomical structures, which are sometimes indistinct.
In personalized total arthroplasty, the patient undergoes a special three -point computed tomography – hip, knee and ankle. Based on special software, the 3D representation of the patient’s joint follows.
Special cutting tools are then manufactured unique to each patient, which are perfectly adjacent to the surface of the knee patches. During the surgery, the surgeon places personalized cutting tools on the thigh and tibia by performing the pre -planned osteotomies.
This results in a faithful alignment of the intentions, based on personalized preoperative plan. Thus, total arthroplasty is applied in a personalized and predictable way for each weak way, taking into account its unique anatomical features.
This preoperative study, coupled with minimal invasive techniques, results in:
- The patient -personalized optimal placement of the intentions, which has a direct impact on the patient’s clinical rehabilitation and the survival of the joint. Prolonged surgical time.
- The smallest injury to soft tissues and tissues, since intramelian rods are not used to align the intentions, which translates into smaller postoperative pain and faster return of the patient to their daily activities.
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