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ArticleArthroplasty today2023

Conversion of Patellofemoral Arthroplasty to Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Andrew D Lachance, Roman Steika, Jeffrey Lutton, David Austin

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Article in Arthroplasty today, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The use of an imageless robotic system in revision of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Andrew D LachanceDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA, USA.
Roman SteikaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA, USA.
Jeffrey LuttonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA, USA.
David AustinDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conversion of patellofemoral arthroplasty to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has been described as similar to primary TKA, although it may come with more challenges and worse outcomes. With the increased rate of revision following conversion TKA vs primary TKA, robotically assisted TKA provides an alternative technique to manual conversion. We present 3 cases of robot-assisted conversion of prior patellofemoral arthroplasty to TKA with good mechanical and clinical outcomes and no intraoperative complications.

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PatellofemoralRevisionRobotic assistedTKA

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PMID37745967
PMCPMC10514419

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