Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery in November 2012 titled Computer-Navigated Versus Conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Trial By Young-Hoo Kim, MD1; Jang-Won Park, MD1; Jun-Shik Kim, MD1 This RANDOMIZED study clearly shows NO DIFFERENCE in clinical results, alignment and survivorship (life) of knees that underwent computer navigated total knee replacement or conventional total knee replacement WITHOUT USING computer.Furthermore a META-ANALYSIS h as been conducted by Tao Cheng, Xiao-YUN Pan, Xin Mao, Guo-You Zhang, Xian-Long Zhang and published in the knee journal in August 2012; which shows computer navigated total knee replacement does NOT lead to clinical results superior to conventional total knee replacement. Click the following link in google to read the above research paperhttp: //www.thekneejournal.com/article/S0968-0160(11)00195-5/abstract http://www.thekneejournal.com/article/S0968-0160(11)00195-5/abstract
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