Design rationale for customized TKA: A new idea or revisiting the past

Evan M. Schwechter, Wolfgang Fitz

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Abstract

Today's most basic and important total knee replacement design concepts arose out of an earlier era in which 2 distinct approaches emerged, functional and anatomic. Functional approaches simplified knee kinetics, were easier to implant, and gained widespread popularity, in part, from their inventory control. Anatomic approaches were an attempt to recreate normal knee motion with low prosthetic contact stress. Historically, however, they became impractical to produce because of the cost of maintaining a wide variety of anatomic knee implants. New customized designs may return the anatomic design to favor due to several key features that borrow anatomic principles developed in the past, and improved with new ideas.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)303-308
Number of pages6
JournalCurrent Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Anatomic .Functional .Customized
  • Design
  • Total knee

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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