NCT01331278

A Comparative Study of Knee Systems

A Comparative Study of Knee Systems Employing Personalized Computer Generated Cutting Guides for Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Foundation for Southwest Orthopedic Research · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The custom cutting guides personalized for each patient via pre-operative MRI will result in significantly faster intraoperative time with comparable knee alignment accuracy, cost, knee function, and patient satisfaction.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Total Knee Arthroplasty with Custom Cutting Blocks	Subjects randomized to this study group will undergo TKA with patient specific custom cutting blocks generated by pre-op MRI and a Biomet Vanguard knee implant
PROCEDURE	Total Knee Arthroplasty via Computer Assisted Surgery	Subjects randomized to this study group will receive TKA via computer assisted surgery and a Biomet Vanguard knee implant

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-08-01
• Completion: 2011-03-01
• First posted: 2011-04-08
• Last updated: 2011-04-08

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States