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Do patient-specific instruments (PSI) for UKA allow non-expert surgeons to achieve the same saw cut accuracy as expert surgeons?

Gareth G JonesK LogishettyS ClarkeR CollinsM JaereS HarrisJ P Cobb
Published in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2018)
In a sawbone model, PSI allowed inexperienced surgeons to achieve more accurate saw cuts, equivalent to expert surgeons, and thus has the potential to reduce revision rates. The next test will be to determine whether these results can be replicated in a clinical trial.
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