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Research suggests that use of ExactechGPS guided personalized surgery and Exactech’s Newton ligament-driven balancing technique can yield clinically significant improvements on postoperative Knee Society Knee and Function scores when compared to traditional navigated gap balancing methods.
The study evaluated the clinical outcomes of a total of 200 patients who underwent computer-assisted cemented, posterior-stabilized total knee replacement with gap balancing at 0 and 90° compared to patients with full-range gap balancing leveraging GPS and the Newton knee balancing technique. The results demonstrated that Exactech’s ligament-driven knee technology did not significantly increase operative time, and that on average, patients experienced an eight-hour shorter hospital stay and yielded clinically significant improvements on Knee Society Knee and Function scores.
“This new independent study exemplifies the importance of personalized surgical planning based on reliable soft-tissue acquisition throughout the arc of motion and shows that even for the best surgeons the adoption of our advanced technologies may translate into clinically significant improvement in results,” said Laurent Angibaud, Exactech Vice President of Development, Advanced Surgical Technologies. “In contrast, other technologies that do not consider soft tissue as part of their surgical planning have shown that odds of revision in TKA for instability and pain were significantly higher than patients who had conventional TKA.”
Powered by Active Intelligence, Exactech’s ligament-driven balancing technology provides orthopedic surgeons with soft tissue analytics, pre-resection operative insights and personalized planning designed to help evaluate and execute reproducible balanced total knee replacement surgery.
Source: Exactech
