A comparison of pin site complications between large and small pin diameters in robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty.

Sohil S DesaiJennifer A KunesMichael B HeldMark RenAlirio J deMeirelesJeffrey A GellerRoshan P ShahH John Cooper

Published in: Journal of experimental orthopaedics (2023)

This study demonstrates no statistically significant difference in pin-site complication rates after robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty between 4.5 mm and 3.2 mm pin diameter cohorts, although there was a trend towards increased intraoperative and postoperative pin-site fractures in the 4.5 mm group.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
total hip
risk factors
optic nerve