A Newly Designed "SkyWalker" Robot Applied in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study for Femoral Rotational Alignment Restoration.

Journal: Orthopaedic surgery
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study explored whether robotic arm-assisted total knee arthroplasty (RATKA) has the advantage of restoring femoral rotational alignment compared to conventional total knee arthroplasty (COTKA).

Authors

  • Rui He
    Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China. herui@emails.bjut.edu.cn.
  • Mao-Lin Sun
    Center for Joint Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military University (Amy Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
  • Ran Xiong
    Center for Joint Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military University (Amy Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
  • Peng-Fei Yang
    Center for Joint Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military University (Amy Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
  • Kai Lei
    School of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: leik@pkusz.edu.cn.
  • Li-Ming Liu
    Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Joint Surgery,Center for Joint Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military University (Amy Medical University), Chongqing, China.
  • Liu Yang
    Department of Ultrasound, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China.
  • Lin Guo
    Shenzhen Zhiying Medical Imaging, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.