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The following factors are essential for the long-term success of knee implants:
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Correct three-dimensional placement of the implant [1,4,5,8,10,12].
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Exact ligament balancing to ensure equal-sized, rectangular flexion and extension gaps [7].
The Galileo system is a modern, practical navigation system with an integrated mini-robot. A ligament tension measuring device additionally permits ligament tension to be measured in flexion and then applied to the extension gap using a computer-controlled mini-robot.
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Ritschl, P., Machacek, J.F., Fuiko, R., Zettl, R., Kotten, B. (2004). The Galileo System for Implantation of Total Knee Arthoplasty. In: Navigation and Robotics in Total Joint and Spine Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59290-4_39
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