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Parratte S, Azmi Z, Daxelet J, Argenson JN, Batailler C. Specific tibial landmarks to improve to accuracy of the tibial cut during total knee arthroplasty. A case control study. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2024:10.1007/s00402-024-05428-w. [PMID: 38967776 DOI: 10.1007/s00402-024-05428-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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INTRODUCTION More personalized alignment techniques in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have recently been described particularly for the young and active patients. Performing the ideal tibial cut might be challenging with a conventional ancillary. Therefore the aims of this study were: (1) to describe specific tibial landmarks to optimize the tibial cut in TKA; (2) to compare the accuracy of the tibial cut with these landmarks compared to a conventional technique. METHODS This retrospective case-control study compared primary TKAs performed using a conventional technique with extramedullary guide associated with specific tibial landmarks. For each case, one control patient was matched based on body mass index (BMI), age, preoperative Hip Knee Ankle (HKA) angle, and Medial Proximal Tibial Angle (MPTA). All control patients were operated by the same surgeon and similar conventional technique but without landmarks. The MPTA target was to reproduce preoperative deformity with a 3° of varus limit. 34 TKA were included in each group. There was no preoperative difference between both groups. Mean age was 63 years old ± 8. Mean BMI was 32 kg/m2 ± 5. Mean HKA was 170.6° ± 2.5. Mean MPTA was 85.1° ± 2.3. The radiographic assessment was performed preoperatively and at 2 months: HKA, mechanical Medial Distal Femoral Angle (mMDFA), MPTA, tibial slope, restoration of the joint line-height. RESULTS The tibial landmarks corresponded to the line of insertion of the deep medial collateral ligament fibers extended to the capsular insertion above the Gerdy tubercle. The postoperative MPTA was significantly more varus (87.2° ± 1.6 in landmark group versus 88.3° ± 2.2; p = 0.027) and closer to preoperative bone deformity in landmark group (p = 0.002) with significantly less outliers than in the conventional group. There was no significant difference between both groups postoperatively for HKA (175.4° ± 2.3 versus 175.9° ± 2.5; p = 0.42); mMDFA (88.9° ± 2.3 versus 88.2° ± 2.1; p = 0.18); tibial slope (82.6° ± 1.9 versus 82.4° ± 2.6; p = 0.67), the restoration of the joint line-height (1.5 mm ± 2 versus 1.8 mm ± 2; p = 0.56). CONCLUSION Specific tibial landmarks during TKA can be used to increase the accuracy of the tibial cut when using personalized alignment techniques in TKA. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IV.
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- Sébastien Parratte
- International Knee and Joint Centre, Hazza Bin Zayed St., P.O. Box 46,705, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Aix Marseille University, APHM, CNRS, ISM, Sainte-Marguerite Hospital, Institute for Locomotion, Marseille, France.
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- International Knee and Joint Centre, Hazza Bin Zayed St., P.O. Box 46,705, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinique Saint-Luc Bouge, Rue Saint-Luc 8, 5004, Namur, Belgium
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Aix Marseille University, APHM, CNRS, ISM, Sainte-Marguerite Hospital, Institute for Locomotion, Marseille, France
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Croix Rousse Hospital, University of Lyon 1, 69,004, Lyon, France
- Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, LBMC UMR_T9406, 69,100, Lyon, France
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Sarrel K, Hameed D, Dubin J, Mont MA, Jacofsky DJ, Coppolecchia AB. Understanding economic analysis and cost-effectiveness of CT scan-guided, 3-dimensional, robotic-arm assisted lower extremity arthroplasty: a systematic review. J Comp Eff Res 2024; 13:e230040. [PMID: 38488048 PMCID: PMC11044952 DOI: 10.57264/cer-2023-0040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Aim: The overall goal of this review was to examine the cost-utility of robotic-arm assisted surgery versus manual surgery. Methods: We performed a systematic review of all health economic studies that compared CT-based robotic-arm assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty with manual techniques. The papers selected focused on various cost-utility measures. In addition, where appropriate, secondary aims encompassed various clinical outcomes (e.g., readmissions, discharges to subacute care, etc.). Only articles directly comparing CT-based robotic-arm assisted joint arthroplasty with manual joint arthroplasty were included, for a resulting total of 21 reports. Results: Almost all twenty-one studies demonstrated a positive effect of CT scan-guided robotic-assisted joint arthroplasty on health economic outcomes. For studies reporting on 90-day episodes of costs, 10 out of 12 found lower costs in the robotic-arm assisted groups. Conclusion: Robotic-arm assisted joint arthroplasty patients had shorter lengths of stay and cost savings based on their 90-day episodes of care, among other metrics. Payors would likely benefit from encouraging the use of this CT-based robotic technology.
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- Kara Sarrel
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwell Hospital Lenox Hill, New York City, NY 10075, USA
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- LifeBridge Health, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA
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- LifeBridge Health, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA
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- LifeBridge Health, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA
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- The CORE Institute, Phoenix, AZ 85023, USA
- HOPCo, Phoenix, AZ 85023, USA
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Kenanidis E, Boutos P, Sitsiani O, Tsiridis E. The learning curve to ROSA: cases needed to match the surgery time between a robotic-assisted and a manual primary total knee arthroplasty. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY & TRAUMATOLOGY : ORTHOPEDIE TRAUMATOLOGIE 2023; 33:3357-3363. [PMID: 37103617 PMCID: PMC10134708 DOI: 10.1007/s00590-023-03554-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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PURPOSE Limited published data regarding the ROSA (Robotic Surgical Assistant) learning curve exist. This study evaluated the number of cases needed for an expert orthopaedic surgeon to master the ROSA system and match the operative time of robotic (raTKAs) and manual primary total knee arthroplasties (mTKAs). METHODS This retrospective comparative cohort study included two hundred patients with primary knee osteoarthritis. The study group consisted of an expert surgeon's first 100 raTKAs. The control group included 100 patients that underwent mTKAs from the same surgeon during the same period. The consecutive cases in each group were divided into ten subgroups, each of 10 cases. The groups were comparable concerning age, sex, BMI and Kellgren-Lawrence classification. We compared each subgroup's operative time and complications in mTKA and raTKA groups. We performed a cumsum analysis to construct the ROSA learning curve. RESULTS The first non-significant difference between the mTKAs and raTKAs operative times was observed in the subgroup of 62 to 71 cases. Till then, the operative time has been significantly lower for the mTKA than the raTKA group. The following groups of tens analysis (8th, 9th and 10th) showed no operative time difference between groups. The learning curve analysis demonstrated that the surgeon switched to the mastering phase from case 73 onwards. The two groups had no complication rate differences. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated that about 70 cases are necessary for a senior surgeon to balance operative time between mTKAs and raTKAs using the ROSA system.
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- Eustathios Kenanidis
- Academic Orthopaedic Department, Aristotle University Medical School, General Hospital Papageorgiou, Ring Road Efkarpia, 56403, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Centre of Orthopaedic and Regenerative Medicine (CORE), Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI)-Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Balkan Center, Buildings A & B, Thessaloniki, 10th km Thessaloniki-Thermi Rd, P.O. Box 8318, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Tsiridis Orthopaedic Institute-ICAROS clinic, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Centre of Orthopaedic and Regenerative Medicine (CORE), Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI)-Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Balkan Center, Buildings A & B, Thessaloniki, 10th km Thessaloniki-Thermi Rd, P.O. Box 8318, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Centre of Orthopaedic and Regenerative Medicine (CORE), Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI)-Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Balkan Center, Buildings A & B, Thessaloniki, 10th km Thessaloniki-Thermi Rd, P.O. Box 8318, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Academic Orthopaedic Department, Aristotle University Medical School, General Hospital Papageorgiou, Ring Road Efkarpia, 56403, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Centre of Orthopaedic and Regenerative Medicine (CORE), Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI)-Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Balkan Center, Buildings A & B, Thessaloniki, 10th km Thessaloniki-Thermi Rd, P.O. Box 8318, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Tsiridis Orthopaedic Institute-ICAROS clinic, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Jung HJ, Kang MW, Lee JH, Kim JI. Learning curve of robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty and its effects on implant position in asian patients: a prospective study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2023; 24:332. [PMID: 37106353 PMCID: PMC10134614 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-06422-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty (r-TKA) can reportedly achieve more accurate implant positioning than conventional total knee arthroplasty (c-TKA), although its learning curve is controversial. Moreover, few studies have investigated r-TKA in Asians, who have different anatomical characteristics. This study aimed to determine the learning curve for r-TKA and compare implant positions between r-TKA and c-TKA according to the learning curve in Asian patients. METHODS This prospective study included 50 consecutive c-TKAs (group C), followed by 50 consecutive r-TKAs conducted using the MAKO robotic system (Stryker, USA). Cumulative summation analyses were performed to assess the learning curve for operative time in r-TKA. Accordingly, the r-TKA cases were divided into the initial (group I) and proficiency cases (group P). The femoral and tibial component positions in the coronal, sagittal, and axial planes and lower limb alignment were compared among the three groups. RESULTS r-TKA was associated with a learning curve for operative time in 18 cases. The operative time was significantly shorter in groups C and P than that in group I, with no significant difference between groups C and P. Groups I and P demonstrated fewer outliers with respect to lower limb alignment, femoral component coronal position, axial position, and tibial component sagittal position than those in group C, with no significant difference between groups I and P. CONCLUSION The operative time did not differ significantly between r-TKA and c-TKA after the learning curve. Surgeons could expect more accurate and reproducible lower limb alignment and implant positioning with r-TKA in Asian patients, irrespective of the learning curve.
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- Ho Jung Jung
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Status of robot-assisted artificial total joint arthroplasty in China: a cross-sectional survey of joint surgeons. INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS 2023; 47:543-550. [PMID: 36422705 DOI: 10.1007/s00264-022-05633-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to report on the use of Robotic-assisted total joint arthroplasty (RA-TJA) in China as well as the experience and expectations of Chinese doctors regarding this technology. METHOD A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the current status of RA-TJA in China, the practical experience and suggestions for improvement of the technology by joint surgeons who have performed RA-TJA, and the interest and expectations of orthopaedic surgeons who have not used RA-TJA. The questionnaire was administered to all the physicians of the Chinese Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (CAOS). RESULT A total of 372 qualified questionnaires were generated, among which 28% (n = 104) of the respondents had performed RA-TJA, among those who had performed RA-TJA. When asked how helpful the joint replacement robot was actually/expected to be, there was no significant difference between the expected and actual experience of nonusers and users (p ≥ 0.05); the biggest disadvantage of the current development of RA-TJA was perceived as additional charges to the patient by those who had used it, while those who had not used it perceived it as a limitation of their hospital, both of which were significant differences. Most respondents in both groups (used: 94.2%; not used: 91.4%) were confident in the clinical development of the joint replacement robot. CONCLUSION This survey provides cross-sectional data on the current status of Chinese joint surgeons using or not using robots in their daily clinical practice. Improving surgical precision was the consensus of most respondents, while high surgical costs and limitations of hospital conditions were barriers to its development in China.
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Tuecking LR, Ettinger M, Windhagen H, Savov P. [Market overview: Robotic-assisted arthroplasty : Current robotic systems, learning curve and cost analysis]. ORTHOPADIE (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 51:727-738. [PMID: 35945459 DOI: 10.1007/s00132-022-04286-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Robotic-assisted arthroplasty has been rapidly entering clinical routine in recent years. The leading endoprosthesis manufacturers have all meanwhile placed robotic systems on the market, which, however, differ significantly from one another technically. Current systems are currently classified according to the degree of autonomy (active vs. semi-active vs. passive) and the data/image source (image-based: CT vs. X‑ray, imageless). Some systems already offer the possibility of robotic-assisted or navigated implantation of hip endoprostheses. In the following review article, the currently leading robotic systems will be presented and compared with regard to their characteristics. Furthermore, the analysis of the learning curves for the different systems, currently available cost analysis models and an outlook on future developments and challenges will be given.
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- Lars-René Tuecking
- Orthopädische Klinik der MHH im Diakovere Annastift, Anna-von-Borries-Str. 1-6, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
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- Orthopädische Klinik der MHH im Diakovere Annastift, Anna-von-Borries-Str. 1-6, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland
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- Orthopädische Klinik der MHH im Diakovere Annastift, Anna-von-Borries-Str. 1-6, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland
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- Orthopädische Klinik der MHH im Diakovere Annastift, Anna-von-Borries-Str. 1-6, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland
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Probst T, Akalin ER, Giannouchos A, Schnurr C. Learning curves of robotic technology in an orthopedic teaching hospital. ORTHOPADIE (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 51:739-747. [PMID: 35984464 DOI: 10.1007/s00132-022-04287-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND In recent years there has been an increasing implementation of robotic technology in arthroplasty. Due to the unclear data situation the aim of this study was to analyze the learning curve for robotic technology in residency training. METHODS After its introduction, the first 351 consecutive robotic knee replacements were prospectively included in the study. Surgical times, preoperative and postoperative radiographs, intraoperatively recorded alignment data and complications were analyzed. Satisfaction, revision, and referral rates were determined in a 90-day follow-up survey. Data from the last 350 navigated total knee arthroplasties were analyzed as a historical control group. RESULTS A learning curve of between 3 and 53 procedures was identified, depending on the surgeon, with further reductions in time measured even after 1 year of use. The operative times of the navigated technique were achieved by all surgeons. With respect to precision (alignment outliers) and patient satisfaction rate, no learning curve was evident. Comparison between tutorial and non-tutorial surgery showed a 16-min increase in operating time, but no significant differences in precision, complications, and patient satisfaction rate. CONCLUSION The study showed that there was a learning curve in terms of duration of surgery but not in terms of precision, complications, and patient satisfaction. Robotic tutorial surgery requires more time but provides the same outcome compared to experienced surgeons. Thus, the robotic surgical technique appears to be an excellent training tool in knee arthroplasty.
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- T Probst
- Klinik für Orthopädie, St. Vinzenz Krankenhaus Düsseldorf, Schloßstr. 85, 40477, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Klinik für Orthopädie, St. Vinzenz Krankenhaus Düsseldorf, Schloßstr. 85, 40477, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Klinik für Orthopädie, St. Vinzenz Krankenhaus Düsseldorf, Schloßstr. 85, 40477, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Klinik für Orthopädie, St. Vinzenz Krankenhaus Düsseldorf, Schloßstr. 85, 40477, Düsseldorf, Germany
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