H.M. Ross et al. (eds.), Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon and Rectal Disease: Technique and Best Practices, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-1581-1_2, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 Key Points • Position patients in a manner to pad all pressure points and maximize gravity’s effects, while avoiding nerve damage and undue traction. • Appropriate abdominal access should be based on pa...

Results: Mean rotational femoral angle was 1.0° for cases group and 1.5° for the control group, difference was statistically significant. The difference in preoperative and postoperative HKA angles between case and control groups was found to be significant in both groups but more in cases group. The alignment of knee in cases was closer to ideal 6-degree valgus alignment than the control group...

The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) versus standard instrumentation for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with regard to coronal and sagittal alignment, operative time, intraoperative blood loss, and cost. A systematic query in search of relevant studies was performed, and the data published in these studies were extracted and...

Patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) was developed to improve the accuracy of component positioning through custom cutting blocks constructed based on preoperative 3-dimensional imaging in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes between the patients who underwent PSI-assisted TKA or conventional TKA. Sixty-four patients (6...

we report the case of a 73-year-old female with severe degenerative scoliosis and back and leg pain that wassuccessfully treated with stand- alone cages via an extreme lateral transpsoas approach. this patient had declinedopen surgery and instrumentation due to her advanced age concerns about potential side effects.