Clinical Outcomes of Knee Replacement

Clinical Outcomes of Joint Arthroplasty

The objective of this study is to document the demographic and clinical characteristics and the long-term clinical outcomes of patients who require a robot assisted knee arthroplasty.

The hypothesis is that MAKO® robot assisted surgery replacing one or two compartments of the knee joint has 10 year implant survival and clinical outcomes that are equivalent to other knee replacement systems.

Inclusion Criteria:

• requires either primary or revision knee replacement surgery because of pain and joint stiffness that interferes with performance of normal daily activities
• has failed non-operative management of their joint disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• cognitively unable to complete study health-related quality of life forms
• pregnant women