Unrestricted Caliper-Verified Kinematic Alignment Is the Evidenced Based Option for Balancing the TKA

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Unrestricted Caliper-Verified Kinematic Alignment Is the Evidenced Based Option for Balancing the TKA

By The TEN COMMANDMENTS of Calipered Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty FEATURING Stephen Howell

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February 4, 2023

The presentation uses peer-reviewed publications to show that:
1) Unrestricted KA balances the TKA by ...
read more ↘ restoring native knee medial and lateral tibial compartment forces.
2) Degree and millimeter deviations of the femoral and tibial components relative to the patient’s pre-arthritic joint lines imbalance the TKA.
3) The risk of varus tibial component loosening is minimal with unrestricted KA.
4) Mechanical and functional alignment and restricted KA imbalance most TKAs, which increases the risk of tibial component loosening
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