A Prospective Randomized Study to Compare Systemic Emboli Using the Computer-Assisted and Conventional Techniques of Total Knee Arthroplasty

Conclusions: The patients in the computer-assisted surgery group had lower embolic loads compared with the patients in the conventional total knee arthroplasty group. In patients with an uncompromised cardiopulmonary system, the embolic load difference between the techniques was not clinically relevant. Level of Evidence: Therapeutic Level I. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - June 3, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Malhotra, R., Singla, A., Lekha, C., Kumar, V., Karthikeyan, G., Malik, V., Mridha, A. R. Tags: Knee Scientific Articles Source Type: research