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Intraoperative load-sensing drives the level of constraint in primary total knee arthroplasty: Surgical technique and review of the literature.
Total knee arthroplasty is a traditional surgical procedure aimed to restore function and relief pain in patients with severe knee osteoarthritis. Recently, many medial pivot knee systems were deigned to replicate the normal knee kinematic: a highly congruent medial compartment and a less conforming lateral tibial plateau characterize these devices. A slightly asymmetric soft tissue balancing is mandatory using medial pivot designs to obtain a correct and physiological knee biomechanics leading good outcomes and long survival rates. This article describes a new surgical technique using a modern third generation TKA design combined with wireless load-sensor tibial trials to improve the correct knee load balancing with a minimal conformity of the polyethylene insert. The use of wireless load-sensing tibial trials has several benefits: it is an intraoperative, objective and dynamic tool allowing surgeons to optimize in real time soft tissue balancing. The meaning of a "truly balanced knee" is still a controversial issue in the current literature.
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