Here are five takeaways:
1. KneeAlign allows Dr. Armpis to avoid invading the intramedullary canal and make multiple cuts.
2. A study by Denis Nam, MD, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, found 94.9 percent of patients in the KneeAlign cohort to have alignment within two degrees of neutral, compared to the 92.5 percent in the conventional computer assisted surgery group.
3. There is different in overall mean mechanical alignment of the limb with 92.5 percent of patients within three degrees of neutral mechanical axis in the KneeAlign cohort, compared to 86.3 percent in the computer assisted surgery cohort.
4. KneeAlign decreased the incidence of outliers for tibial component alignment in both coronal and sagittal planes, and improves surgeons’ ability to achieve a specific, intraoperative goal.
5. In Greece, over 25,000 total knee arthroplasties are performed annually.
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