Surgeon Physiologic Stress During Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: Manual vs Computer-Assisted Technique
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Conditions studied: Surgeon Physiologic Stress
In brief
This study aims to compare the physiologic stress experienced by the surgeon during unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) performed using a manual technique versus a computer-assisted technique. Surgeon physiologic parameters, including energy expenditure, heart rate, heart rate variability, and minute ventilation, will be measured intraoperatively using a wearable monitoring device (Hexoskin). The study seeks to determine whether computer-assisted surgery influences surgeon workload compared to the conventional manual approach.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07495618
- Run by
- ASL Lecce
- People needed
- 80
- Starts
- 2026-03-20
- Expected to finish
- 2027-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-27
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- primary, elective unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA).
- Clinical and radiographic evidence of symptomatic unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis.
- Candidates for either manual or computer-assisted/robotic cemented UKA.
- Procedures performed by fellowship-trained arthroplasty surgeons to ensure technical consistency.
- Patients willing and able to provide informed consent for the collection of perioperative data.
You may not qualify if…
- Revision Surgery: Patients undergoing revision knee arthroplasty (as the study focuses on primary cases).
- Complex Scars: Presence of significant prior knee surgery or hardware that may abnormally increase surgical difficulty.
- Inflammatory Arthritis: Patients with inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis (optional, depending on your focus).
- Non-elective or trauma-related knee procedures.
- Surgeon Limitation: Any physical condition of the participating surgeon that prevents the use of the wearable monitoring garment.
Where it is running
- Kormed Casa Di Cura San Camillo — Forte dei Marmi, LUCCA, Italy
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