A gap balancing technique for adjusting the component gap in total knee arthroplasty using a navigation system

• Main Authors: Hiroshi Takagi (Author), Soshi Asai (Author), Fumiyoshi Kawashima (Author), Shin Kato (Author), Atsushi Sato (Author), Takayuki Okumo (Author), Koji Kanzaki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Recently, some studies showed assessment of the component gap is important for determination of the implant-inserted condition during total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We perform the modified gap technique with adjustment of the virtual gap which estimated by computer-aided design (CAD) u...