The Impact Patient-Specific Instrumention Has Had on My Practice in the Last 5 Years

摘要

I have performed total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) (TRUMATCH? Personalized Solutions, DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction, Warsaw, Indiana) since July 2009. Since that time, I have performed over 600 of these procedures, all at the same hospital and all using the same personnel I worked with before I began using PSI. I do not have a physician assistant, but I do have a surgical assistant who scrubs with and assists me on all TKAs. There are a number of reasons why a surgeon may decide to use PSI. This paper discusses the effect PSI has had on my practice in the-last 5 years, including my experiences and conclusions.