Femoral milling instrumentation for use in total knee arthroplasty

摘要

The milling instrumentation includes an alignment guide which is used by the surgeon to set a femoral bracket or base (50) on the medial and lateral sides of the exposed femur adjacent its distal end. Once the brackets are set, the alignment guide is removed and a milling guide is connected to the bases. If necessary, other instrumentation may be connected to the femoral bases which would form a common connection point for the additional instruments thereby ensuring alignment between the various instruments for use in total knee arthroplasty.