ArticleArthroplasty today2022
Computer-Aided Surgery-Navigated, Functional Alignment Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Surgical Technique.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Biomechanical analysis of surgical alignment and design in total knee arthroplasty.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Article
- Functional alignment maintains constant medial stability and a more distinct medial pivot pattern throughout flexion compared to mechanical alignment in medial pivot total knee arthroplasty.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Comparison between ligament balancing and measured resection in robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty: a 2-year follow up cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Current concept: personalized alignment total knee arthroplasty as a contrast to classical mechanical alignment total knee arthroplasty.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2024Article
- Navigated functional alignment total knee arthroplasty achieves reliable, reproducible and accurate results with high patient satisfaction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Mismatch between trochlear coronal alignment of arthritic knees and currently available prosthesis: a morphological analysis of 4116 knees and 45 implant designs.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Overview of the different personalized total knee arthroplasty with robotic assistance, how choosing?Frontiers in surgery · 2023Review
- Femoral Component Rotation in Total Knee Arthroplasty Using a Tibia-First, Gap-Balancing, "Functional Alignment" Technique.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Kinematic alignment in total knee arthroplasty: a five-year prospective, multicentre, survivorship study.Bone & joint open · 2022Article
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Abstract
The decision on which technique to use to perform a total knee arthroplasty has become much more complicated over the last decade. The shortfalls of mechanical alignment and kinematic alignment has led to the development of a new alignment philosophy, functional alignment. Functional alignment uses preoperative radiographic measurements, computer-aided surgery, and intraoperative assessment of balance, to leave the patient with the most "normal" knee kinematics achievable with minimal soft-tissue release. The purpose of this surgical technique article is to describe in detail the particular technique needed to achieve these alignment objectives.
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