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‘Skywalker’ surgical robot for total knee arthroplasty: An experimental sawbone study
Author(s) -
Xia Runzhi,
Tong Zhicheng,
Hu Yi,
Kong Keyu,
Wu Xiulin,
Li Huiwu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the international journal of medical robotics and computer assisted surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1478-596X
pISSN - 1478-5951
DOI - 10.1002/rcs.2292
Subject(s) - osteotomy , medicine , orthodontics , standard deviation , tibia , femur , arthroplasty , surgery , mathematics , statistics
Background Currently, robot‐assisted surgical systems are used to reduce the error range of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) osteotomy and component positioning. Methods We used 20 sawbone models of the femur and 20 sawbone models of the tibia and fibula to evaluate the osteotomy effect of ‘Skywalker’ robot‐assisted TKA. Results The maximal movement of the cutting jig was less than 0.25 mm at each osteotomy plane. The mean and standard deviation values of the angle deviation between the planned osteotomy plane and the actual osteotomy plane at each osteotomy plane were not more than 1.03° and 0.55°, respectively. The mean and standard deviation values of absolute error of resection thickness at each osteotomy position were less than 0.78 and 0.71 mm, respectively. Conclusions The ‘Skywalker’ system has good osteotomy accuracy, can achieve the planned osteotomy well and is expected to assist surgeons in performing accurate TKA in clinical applications in future.