Background: We investigated the accuracy and safety of a new HURWA robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) system in a sheep model.
Methods: Ten male small-tailed Han sheep were used in this study. Sheep were imaged by computed tomography scan before and after bone resection and the cutting errors between actual bone preparation and preoperative planning of the femur and tibia in three dimensions were measured.
Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of this new HURWA robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) technique to the accuracy of the conventional technique in a sawbone model.
Methods: The HURWA robotic-assisted TKA system was applied in the robotic group. After bone resection, all of these sawbones were scanned by the use of a structured light scanning system.
Objective: To introduce a method of accurately measuring the equivalent dose received by radiation-sensitive organs using the thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) and to provide reference values for future studies associated with radiation protection in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgeries.
Methods: After careful selection and preparation, TLD chips were used to obtain measurements from the eyes, thyroid glands, breasts, and gonads of 20 patients undergoing lumbar spine surgeries. The results were obtained via air kerma conversion-related calculations.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi
December 2013
Objective: To provide evidence-based medicine rationales for the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in Chinese adolescents.
Methods: The related medical literature of pediatric LDH between January 1990 and December 2012 was collected by retrospective searches of WANGFANG and CNKI databases. The data concerning mechanism, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment were recorded and analyzed.