Methods of preoperatively planning and performing an arthroplasty procedure

A method of performing an arthroplasty procedure on a knee region of a femur of a patient where an implant is implanted on the knee region of the femur as part of the arthroplasty procedure is disclosed herein. The method may include generating a planned postoperative positional relationship of the...

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Hauptverfasser: Sarva, Venkata Surya, Park, Ilwhan, Choi, Irene Min
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Zusammenfassung:A method of performing an arthroplasty procedure on a knee region of a femur of a patient where an implant is implanted on the knee region of the femur as part of the arthroplasty procedure is disclosed herein. The method may include generating a planned postoperative positional relationship of the implant relative to the femur. The method may also include, with the computerized representation of the implant in the planned postoperative positional relationship with the computerized representation of the knee region of the femur, generating a planned resection of the femur that will facilitate the implant being implanted on the knee region of the femur in the planned postoperative positional relationship. And the method may also include guiding an actual resection of the femur according to the planned resection of the femur.