Investigation into the factors that influence knee mechanics following ligament-retaining, computer assisted knee replacement surgery.
- Conditions
- OsteoarthritisTotal Knee ArthroplastyMusculoskeletal - OsteoarthritisSurgery - Other surgery
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12620001242910
- Lead Sponsor
- Orthopaedic Research Institute of Queensland
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
•The patient is a male or non-pregnant female.
•The patient is aged between 45-90 years.
•Patient suffers from severe osteoarthritis.
•The patient has signed the study specific, HREC-approved, Informed Consent document and is willing and able to comply with the specified pre-operative and post-operative clinical and radiographic evaluations.
•The patient has an intact PCL and is a suitable candidate for a CR TKA (based on the Investigator’s clinical judgment).
•The patient has a systemic or local condition that would limit the ability to assess the performance of the device e.g. neuromuscular or neurosensory deficiency, disorder leading to progressive bone deterioration (including rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis)
•Patient has a cognitive impairment, an intellectual disability or a mental illness that is considered by the investigator to inhibit the patient’s capacity to consent to research and the ability to participate in it.
•Prior injury / surgery to the PCL
•The patient is medically unfit for TKA.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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