The Current Role of Robotic-assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty

Document Type : EDITORIAL

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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (RA-TKA) improves the accuracy of component alignment compared with patient-specific instruments (PSI) and conventional TKA (C-TKA), although clinically there is no difference between them in terms of postoperative outcomes. RA-TKA still has significant limitations that advise against its widespread use, such as high installation costs, additional radiation exposure, a steep learning curve, the small number of implant designs that are compatible with robotic technology, the lack of long-term results and the large heterogeneity of available systems.

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Volume 10, Issue 12
December 2022
Pages 989-991
  • Receive Date: 02 March 2022
  • Revise Date: 03 September 2022
  • Accept Date: 04 September 2022
  • First Publish Date: 14 November 2022