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Techniques<br />

Femoral Rotation<br />

• Transep<strong>in</strong>condylar Axis<br />

• Posterior Condylar L<strong>in</strong>e<br />

• Balanced Flexion Gap<br />

• Whiteside L<strong>in</strong>e<br />

• Functional Flexion axes<br />

Tibial Rotation<br />

• “Rom technique”<br />

• Posterior Lateral corner Lockeh Technique (“PLCL”)<br />

• Anterior tibial tuberosity (1cm medially)<br />

• Posterior tibial marg<strong>in</strong><br />

• PCL <strong>in</strong>sertion<br />

• Projected tranepycondylar axis<br />

• Center of 2 tibial plateaus<br />

• Akagi l<strong>in</strong>e<br />

• Anterior tibial plateau marg<strong>in</strong>g (“curve to curve”)<br />

Ancillary Tools:<br />

• Conventional <strong>in</strong>tra/extramedullary guide<br />

• Patient Specific Instrumentation (PSI)<br />

• Computer assisted technique CAS (offers to <strong>the</strong> surgeon <strong>the</strong> numbers and a real feed back <strong>in</strong> O.R.,<br />

without los<strong>in</strong>g his control!)<br />

• Robot (maybe <strong>in</strong> future)<br />

Pearls<br />

The BONE CUTS CORRECT ARTHRITIS<br />

DEFORMITY and <strong>the</strong> THICKNESS of<br />

PROSTHESIS BALANCES THE KNEE.<br />

M<strong>in</strong>imal bone cut rule: pros<strong>the</strong>sis thickness<br />

(mm) m<strong>in</strong>us arthritis deformity (degrees) = mm<br />

of bone to remove<br />

Navigation offers <strong>the</strong> numbers to be considered dur<strong>in</strong>g all <strong>the</strong><br />

phases of your procedure to assess alignment, gaps balanc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and rotational aspects<br />

<strong>Take</strong> home message<br />

• Correct <strong>the</strong> arthritis deformity by bone cuts<br />

• Remove <strong>the</strong> m<strong>in</strong>imal bone stock<br />

• Restore <strong>the</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>t l<strong>in</strong>e<br />

• Balance <strong>the</strong> ligament with <strong>the</strong> same jo<strong>in</strong>t spaces and <strong>the</strong> pros<strong>the</strong>sis thickness<br />

• Do not accept passively any dogma <strong>in</strong> rotation (do not rotate <strong>the</strong> femur, check <strong>the</strong> piano sign...)<br />

• CAS tools (navigation, psi, robot, ecc.) are not a different technique but an ancillary tool for better<br />

<strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion about your personal procedure<br />

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