Does early outcome after total knee replacement using computed tomography-based patient-specific cutting block versus standard instrumentation?
Compared with standard instrumentation, the use of CT-based patient-specific cutting blocks for TKR achieved higher Oxford Knee Score at 12 months and lower blood loss and transfusion rate.
Statistical models utilizing clinical variables are predictive of mortality in MSICU. Models that include diagnostic transthoracic echocardiography variables do not provide incremental value to predict ICU mortality. These findings may have implications for non-invasive hemodynamic assessment of critically ill patients, and raise the hypothesis that echocardiography-guided interventions may not alter outcome in ICU.