Knee Replacement, Musculoskeletal
Conditions
Keywords
Surgery
Brief summary
The objective of the study is to evaluate the usefulness of digital technologies to support surgical teams before, during, and after an operation.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University College London Hospitals
Digital Surgery Ltd.
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients 18-99 years. * All willing patients undergoing elective total and unicondylar knee replacement (both navigated and robotic-assisted). *
Exclusion criteria
* Patients/staff who are unwilling to participate in the study * Patients/staff that withdraw from the study * Two stage revisions for infected primary total knee replacements, multiple stage procedures for complex deformities, * Single stage revision procedures with the need for special instruments and modified steps * Patients with cognitive impairment/ special cognitive needs. * \<18 years old
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in baseline scores of qualitative questionnaires (every 8 weeks in one surgical team). | 14 months | To determine how digital technologies and advanced data analytics can improve team coordination, efficiency and performance intraoperatively through understanding and mapping of surgical workflows and instrumentation use. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Report the effect of presenting information intraoperatively through digital displays and augmented reality headsets. | 14 months | Assessed through monitoring scores from qualitative questionnaires of the surgical team; |
| To provide automatic post-operative analytics after each surgical operation (up to 150 cases). | 14 months | Including phase timings and instrumentation |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Primary ContactKaren Kerr, Dr
Outcome results
None listed