Knee sizing and balancing instrument
Abstract:
A method of sizing and balancing a knee including: placing an integrated orthopedic instrument in contact with a resected distal femoral surface of a femur of a knee in flexion such that medial and lateral posterior feet of a tensor frame of the instrument are in contact with posterior condyles of the femur and such that medial and lateral posterior feet of a sizer body of the instrument are positioned on a spacer placed on a resected proximal surface of the patient's tibia; securing first and second wings extending from a central portion of the tensor frame on the resected distal femoral surface; rotating the sizer body relative to the tensor frame via a rotation mechanism that connects the sizer body and the tensor frame to balance the ligaments; and sizing the patient's femur by moving a stylus coupled to the sizer body on an anterior surface of the femur.
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