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Patient-specific Positioning Guides (PSPG) Technique Versus Conventional Technique in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Norway109 participantsStarted 2011-09

Plain-language summary

A Prospective, randomized, clinical controlled study comparing conventional knee arthroplasty and the Patient-specific positioning guides (PSPG) (Signature Patient Care, Materialise) using the Vanguard Total Knee System (Biomet)

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Man and women elder than 18 years old with knee osteoarthritis
✓. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

✕. Active infection.
✕. Under 50 years.
✕. Revision arthroplasty.
✕. Marked bone loss which could preclude adequate fixation of the device.
✕. Non-cooperative subjects.
✕. Parkinson's Disease or other neurologic and muscular disorders
✕. Severe vascular insufficiency of the affected limb.
✕. Severe instability or deformity of the ligaments and / or surrounding soft tissue which may preclude stability of the device.

What they're measuring

Assessing total knee implant positioning using PSPG compared with the conventional method in TKR

Timeframe: 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01696552

SponsorOslo University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-01

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