Does Implant Design Affect Hospital Metrics and Patient Outcomes?
Improved perioperative care has been shown to lead to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgeries with lower blood loss/need for transfusions, better pain management with multimodal strategies, and reduced hospital stay.
Outcomes After Customized Individually Made Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Customized Individually Made (CIM) TKA implants with patient customized femoral components, customized tibial trays, and customized inserts are available as an alternative to traditional, off-the-shelf implants.
Comparison of Hospital Metrics and Patient Reported Outcomes for Patient with Customized, Individually Made vs Conventional TKA.
Hospital Outcomes and Cost for Patients Undergoing a Customized Individually Made TKA vs Off-The-Shelf TKA.
Despite excellent survivorship, published literature suggests that on average, 15-39% of patients are dissatisfied with the result of their TKA
Traditionally, average patient morphology has been used as the basis for knee implant design. Recently, pre-operative CT scans have been used to design patient-specific posterior cruciate retaining total knee implants.
Improved Knee Function With Customized vs Off-The-Shelf TKA Implant.
Knee implants have traditionally been designed using average patient morphology. However, customized total knee implants, which are designed based on individual patient anatomy using a preoperative CT scan, are now available.