CUTTING AND DRILLING TEMPLATE FOR UNICONDYLAR KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

This invention relates to a positioning template used to determine correct cutting planes and angles and drilling positions during surgical procedures, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a femoral cutting template (10) used in the preparation of a femoral condyle during a unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA). The femoral cutting template (10) comprises attachment means (12) for releasably attaching the template to a tibiofemoral spacer shim (50), provided between a proximal tibia and a femoral condyle. The template further comprises a main body (14) defining first and second guide apertures (16,18) for guiding first and second tools respectively. The first and second tools are used for creating first and second receiving formations (206,208), in the femoral condyle, which are created for receiving first and second parts of a femoral component forming part of an unicondylar knee prosthesis.