Patient-specific instrumentation does not shorten surgical time: a prospective, randomized trial.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Clinical added value of 3D printed patient-specific guides in orthopedic surgery (excluding knee arthroplasty): a systematic review.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025
   Pooled it
2. A comparison of short term radiological alignment outcomes of the patient specific and standard instrumentation for primary total knee arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2017
   Pooled it
3. Comparison of custom cutting guides based on three-dimensional computerized CT-scan planning and a conventional ancillary system based on two-dimensional planning in total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.International orthopaedics · 2019
   Trial
4. Patient-Specific Instrumentation Accuracy Evaluated with 3D Virtual Models.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
   Article
5. Advantages of patient-specific cutting guides with disposable instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty: a case control study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021
   Article
6. Analysis to Establish Differences in Efficiency Metrics Between Operating Room and Non-Operating Room Anesthesia Cases.Journal of medical systems · 2017
   Article
7. Patient-specific instrumentation improved mechanical alignment, while early clinical outcome was comparable to conventional instrumentation in TKA.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016
   Article
8. Computed tomography based 3D printed patient specific blocks for total knee replacement.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma
   Review
9. Patient-specific instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty. Should we adopt it?Revista brasileira de ortopedia
   Review

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  Patient-specific instrumentation does not shorten surgical time: a prospective, randomized trial.2013

Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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