METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARTHROSCOPIC PROSTHETIC KNEE REPLACEMENT

摘要

Methods and apparatus for prosthetic knee replace- ment permit preparation of tibial plateau and femoral con- dyle surfaces and implant of tibial and femoral prostheses components with the use of arthroscopic surgical tech- niques. The bone surfaces are resected by moving a rotat- ing milling cutter(138) longitudinally across the bone sur- face and moving the rotating milling cutter (138) substan- tially laterally across the bone. Cement is supplied between the prostheses and the bone surfaces after positioning of the prostheses on the bone, and cement bonding is en- hanced by applying suction to the bone to draw the cement into the bone,