Patient-specific instruments: advantages and pitfalls

Patient-specific instruments (PSI) aim to improve the accuracy of total knee replacement (TKR) based on computer-assisted preoperative planning. In this work, the authors describe the advantages and pitfalls of PSI based on their clinical experience. The main conclusion of this work is that PSI has...

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Autores principales: Hafez, Mahmoud A., Moholkar, Kirti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2017
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5725149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29227785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/sicotj/2017054
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Sumario:Patient-specific instruments (PSI) aim to improve the accuracy of total knee replacement (TKR) based on computer-assisted preoperative planning. In this work, the authors describe the advantages and pitfalls of PSI based on their clinical experience. The main conclusion of this work is that PSI has direct impact on the logistical and technical features of TKR with some advantages and pitfalls.

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