Ten-Year Survivorship and Patient Satisfaction Following Robotic-Arm-Assisted Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Multicenter Study.

Background: Robotic-arm-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has been shown to result in high short- and mid-term survivorship. However, it is not known whether these outcomes are maintained at long-term follow-up. This study aimed to evaluate long-term implant survivorship, modes of failure, and patient satisfaction following robotic-arm-assisted medial UKA.

Robotic-arm assisted lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: 5-Year outcomes & survivorship.

Introduction: Robotic-arm assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (RA-UKA) has demonstrated accurate component positioning and excellent outcomes for medial components. However, there is a paucity of literature on lateral compartment RA-UKA. The purpose of our study was to assess the midterm clinical outcomes and survivorship of lateral RA-UKA.

5-Year Survivorship and Outcomes of Robotic-Arm-Assisted Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.

Purpose: While unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has demonstrated benefits over total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in selected populations, component placement continues to be challenging with conventional surgical instruments, resulting in higher early failure rates. Robotic-arm-assisted UKA (RA-UKA) has shown to be successful in component positioning through preop planning and intraop adjustability. The purpose of this study is to assess the 5-year clinical outcomes of medial RA-UKA.

Robotic-arm assisted bicompartmental knee arthroplasty: Durable results up to 7-year follow-up.

Background: The purpose of our study was to investigate the mid-term clinical and functional outcomes of robotic-arm assisted Bicompartmental knee arthroplasty (BiKA).

Methods: This study reviewed a single-centre prospectively maintained cohort of 50 patients (53 knees) who underwent BiKA (patellofemoral and medial compartment) at 5- and 7-year postoperative follow-up.

Results: Mean follow-up was 7.

Midterm Survivorship and Patient Satisfaction of Robotic-Arm-Assisted Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Multicenter Study.

Background: Studies have showed improved accuracy of lower leg alignment, precise component position, and soft-tissue balance with robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA). No studies, however, have assessed the effect on midterm survivorship. Therefore, the purpose of this prospective, multicenter study was to determine midtem survivorship, modes of failure, and satisfaction of robotic-assisted medial UKA.

Survivorship and patient satisfaction of robotic-assisted medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty at a minimum two-year follow-up.

Background: Successful clinical outcomes following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) depend on lower limb alignment, soft tissue balance and component positioning, which can be difficult to control using manual instrumentation. Although robotic-assisted surgery more reliably controls these surgical factors, studies assessing outcomes of robotic-assisted UKA are lacking. Therefore, a prospective multicenter study was performed to assess outcomes of robotic-assisted UKA.

Integrating robotic technology into the operating room.

Integration of any highly complex technology into the operating room is challenging but can be accomplished with dedicated engineers, trained surgical team members, a streamlined surgical setup, and efficient surgical technique. Early results suggest a short learning curve and excellent radiographic outcomes (2.5 times improvement in tibial alignment, lower SD).

The economic impact of minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty.

The goals of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are to minimize surgical trauma, minimize blood loss, and maximize the effect of analgesia. Assuming these surgical procedures are successful and rigid fixation is achieved, the result, in theory, should be shorter hospital stays and successful, early, aggressive rehabilitation at reduced cost relative to standard TKA surgical techniques. In this article, I address the economic benefits of applying MIS TKA surgical techniques compared with standard TKA surgical techniques.

Specialized instruments and modular implants for minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty.

To optimize the benefits potentially achievable with minimally invasive surgery (MIS) total knee arthroplasty (TKA), the surgeon must operate through a smaller incision without compromising the surgical result. Initial efforts in this regard centered on using miniaturized instruments and ancillary navigational instruments to compensate for reduced visualization. With the advent of the quadriceps-sparing approach came the side-cutting tool, which had additional applications in other MIS TKA approaches.

Minimal incision total knee arthroplasty: early experience.

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has evolved during the past 30 years to a well-defined technical surgery with excellent results for as many as 20 years of followup. The concepts of exposure, ligament balancing, and joint alignment have been established clearly by Insall and others. In the early 1990s, Repicci introduced minimally invasive surgery for unicondylar knee arthroplasty.