General Instruments
- Major Orthopaedics
- ACL Extras
- Dyonics Scope
- Accufex Instruments
- Large Shaver
- Stryker 7
- SYSTEMS:
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Total Knee Replacement
General Instruments
- Major Orthopaedic
- Knee Extras
- Stryker 7 with 2 batteries
- Blue Handles Osteotomes (Lexer)
- Cement Gun
- SYSTEMS:
General Softwares
- Knee Arthroplasty Pack
- ?Ioban
- Cement
- Cement Mixer
- Pulse Lavage
- Saw Blades
- 50ml Syringe x 2
- Pink Spinal Needle
- 0.125% Bupivacain (amount to be confirmed with anesthesist)
- Vicryl 1 x 3
- Vicryl 2 undyed x 1
- Op Site
- Crepe
- To Confirm:
- Skin closure
- Drain
Total Knee Replacement – PS (Posterior Stabilization)
Tray:
- Knee tray
- Cement gun
- Stryker 6/7/8
- Extra stryker battery
- Hohmanns
- General instrument
- Femoral preparation
- PS femoral trials
- PS femoral preparation box
- Microplasty (Tibial preparation)
- PS 5-in-1 bearing trials
- Mr Goddard’s meniscal clamp
- On standby:
- Patellar tray
Software:
- Knee pack
- Wide saw blade
- Narrow saw blade
- Optivac cement 80
- Small ioban
- Pulse lavage
- 1L PNSS
- Redivac drain
- 50ml syringe
- 18g pink spinal needle
- Drawing up needle
- Ropivacain 2mg/ml
- Suction/diathermy pouch
- 1 vicryl
- 1 stratafix
- 0 vicryl
- 2 vicryl
- Skin staples
- Mepilex (1 for the wound, 1 for the drain)
- Velband x 2
- Setopress x 2 (or crepe x 2)
Total Knee Replacement – Monobloc
Tibial tray and bearing comes as one component. Usually, the system of preference for Mr ABM.
Tray:
- Knee tray
- Stryker 6/7/8
- Cement gun
- Femoral general instrument
- Femoral preparation tray
- Femoral trials
- Tibial preparation tray
- Tibial monobloc trials
- Flexion gauge
- Extra stryker battery
- Standby:
- Patellar tray
- Patellar clamp
Software:
- Knee pack
- Crepe x 2
- Small ioban
- Optivac cement 80
- 18g pink spinal needle
- Drawing up needle
- Pulse lavage
- 1L PNSS
- 50ml syringe x 2
- Ropivacain 2mg/ml
- 1 vicryl x 2
- 0 vicryl
- 2 vicryl
- Skin staples
- Leg wool
- Mepilex
- ABM Stockinette
Total Knee Replacement – CR (Cruciate Retaining)
Trays:
- Knee tray
- Cement gun
- Stryker 6/7/8
- Hohmann’s
- General instrument
- Femoral preparation
- CR femoral trials
- Microplasty tray (Tibial preparation)
- Universal CR bearing
- Mr Goddard’s meniscal clamp
- On standby:
- Patella tray
Software:
- Knee pack
- Wide saw blade
- Optivac cement 80
- Pulse lavage
- 1L PNSS
- Redivac drain
- 50ml syringe
- 18g pink spinal needle
- Drawing up needle
- Suction/diathermy pouch
- Ropivacain 2mg/ml
- 1 vicryl
- 1 stratafix
- 0 vicryl
- 2 vicryl
- Skin staples
- Mepilex (1 for the wound, 1 for the drain)
- Velband x 2
- Setopress x 2 (or crepe x 2)
Knee Arthroscopy with Meniscal Repair
Tray
- Arthroscopy tray
- “Upgraded” trays have hand-switch shavers.
Software
- Arthroscopy pack
- Magic wand
- Green shaver
- 3L PNSS Easyflow
- Local – 20ml x 2.5mg Chirocain (confirm with anesthesiologist)
- 3 nylon
- Mepore
- Fastfix 360
- Curved
- Straight
- Reverse Curved
- Knot pusher/suture cutter
Knee Arthroscopy
Trays
- Arthroscopy tray
- “Upgraded” trays have hand-held switch
Software
- Knee arthroscopy pack
- Magic wand
- Green shaver
- 3L PNSS Easyflow
- Local – 20ml x 2.5mg Chirocaine (confirm with anesthesiologist)
- 3 nylon
- Mepore
Knees
Anatomy of the Knees
The knee is a hinge joint which is comprised of three main bones: the femur, the tibia, and the patella. These bones are supported by a network of muscles and ligaments. These play an important role in knee stability and functioning.
Surgical Procedures
These are the common knee surgeries:
- Knee Arthroscopy
- Knee Arthroscopy with Meniscal Repair
- Total Knee Replacement – Cruciate Retaining
- Total Knee Replacement – Monobloc
- Total Knee Replacement – Posterior Stabilization
- ACL Arthroscopic Repair
- ACL Open Repair
- Tibial Plateau
Total Hip Replacement – Contemporary
Or to put it simply, a contemporary hip replacement is a cemented cup and femur.
Trays and Software
Trays:
- Total Hip Tray
- Stryker 6/7/8
- Contemporary Cup
- Exeter Basic Femoral Set
- Exeter Femoral Raps
- Plug Trials
- Long Cement Pusher
- Iliac Aspirator
Software:
- Hip pack
- Crepe
- Big ioban
- Shark
- Suction tubing for iliac aspirator
- Femoral brush (or tip, per surgeon’s preference)
- Suction catheter
- Ribbon gauze
- Pulse lavage
- 1L PNSS
- Optivac 40
- Optivac 80
- Clear cement seal
- 2 ethibond
- 1 vicryl x 2
- 2 polysorb
- 3 monocryl
- Skin glue
- Mepilex
- Standby:
- Jelonet