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PUBLISHED: Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty

Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty
Jeffrey S. Zarin, MD; Gustavo Barrazueta, MD
Tufts Medical Center

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has been around for decades and serves as a very successful procedure to alleviate pain and restore function in a knee with advanced degenerative joint disease. Over the years, there have been many advancements in surgical technique and even more so in implant design. One such technological breakthrough in TKA is the use of robotic-arm assistance for enhanced preoperative planning and intraoperative guidance with dynamic joint balancing and bone preparation.

In this video article, Dr. Zarin demonstrates the operative technique he uses in performing a posterior stabilizing TKA in a varus deformity degenerative knee using Mako robotic-arm assistance.

PRINT RELEASE: Arthroscopic ACL Reconstruction with Bone Patellar Bone Graft using Anteromedial Technique

0045-265204-featuredArthroscopic ACL Reconstruction with Bone Patellar Bone Graft using Anteromedial Technique
Xinning “Tiger” Li MD
Division of Sports Medicine, Boston Medical Center

 

Dr. Li addresses an ACL torn after a pivot shift incident using a BTB autograft. The anteromedial approach to ACL reconstruction offers the advantage of reliably reproducing the native anatomy of the ACL on the femur footprint by drilling the femoral tunnel independently of the tibial tunnel.