No Benefit to Sensor-guided Balancing Compared With Freehand Balancing in TKA: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9278914 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
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No Benefit to Sensor-guided Balancing Compared With Freehand Balancing in TKA: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Sarpong Nana O NO Held Michael B MB Grosso Matthew J MJ Herndon Carl L CL Santos Walkania W Lakra Akshay A Shah Roshan P RP Cooper H John HJ Geller Jeffrey A JA
Clinical orthopaedics and related research 20220407 8
<h4>Background</h4>Soft tissue balancing in TKA has traditionally relied on surgeons' subjective tactile feedback. Although sensor-guided balancing devices have been proposed to provide more objective feedback, it is unclear whether their use improves patient outcomes.<h4>Questions/purposes</h4>We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing freehand balancing with the use of a sensor-guided balancing device and evaluated (1) knee ROM, (2) patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) (SF ...[more]
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