Title :
Total knee replacement
Author :
Kienzle, Thomas C., III ; Stulberg, S. David ; Peshkin, Michael ; Quaid, Arthur ; Lea, Jon ; Goswani, A. ; Wu, Chi-hour
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surg., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
Describes a computer-assisted surgical system which uses a calibrated robot. The authors consider: total knee replacement surgery; motivation for robotic systems in total knee replacement; system operation; CT scan and preoperative planning; femoral fiducial location; femoral component placement; tibial fiducial location and component placement; fixturing; immobilization of the knee; immobilization of the pelvis and ankle; fiducial identification and registration; landmark pins; center of the femoral head; robot system and calibration; calibration using a telescopic ball-bar
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; bone; calibration; medical computing; robots; surgery; CT scan; ankle; calibrated robot; computer-assisted surgical system; femoral component placement; femoral fiducial location; femoral head center; fiducial identification; fixturing; knee immobilization; landmark pins; pelvis; preoperative planning; registration; system operation; telescopic ball-bar calibration; tibial fiducial location; total knee replacement; Bones; Implants; Joints; Knee; Leg; Prosthetics; Service robots; Surgery; Surges; Titanium;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
