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#41 - RACER Knee: Does Robotic Knee Replacement Actually Improve Outcomes? Andy Metcalfe & Ed Davis
The RACER Knee Trial is one of the most important randomized evaluations of robotic-assisted total knee replacement to date.
The headline finding is provocative: robotic-assisted surgery was more precise, but patients did not report better outcomes at 12 months compared with conventional total knee replacement.
But does that mean robots do not work?
In this episode, I’m joined by RACER Knee investigators Professor Andy Metcalfe and Professor Ed Davis for an in-depth discussion of what the trial actually tells us.
We examine the Forgotten Joint Score, statistical power, surgeon experience…
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