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Persona The Personalized Knee
Surgical Technique
Figure 18
Figure 19
Resect Proximal Tibia
(cont.)
Assemble Extramedullary (EM)
Alignment Guide
(cont.)
The buttons shown in Figure 18 are used to adjust
the following: varus/valgus angle of the cut guide,
slope of the cut guide and the height of the cut guide.
The height adjustment button can be depressed for
macro-adjustment or the dial can be rotated for micro-
adjustment.
One full rotation of the dial equals 4 mm of height
adjustment and ¼ turn equals 1 mm of height
adjustment (Figure 19). Rotating the height
adjustment dial clockwise shortens the alignment
guide and rotating the dial counterclockwise
lengthens the alignment guide.
The system includes six different cut guides: a
7 degree cut guide and a 3 degree guide, in left, right,
and universal (non-sided) configurations.
Technique Tip:
It is recommended to use the
3 degree cut guide for a PS component and the
7 degree cut guide for a CR component. If the
UC bearing is to be used, the recommended
tibial cut slope is 5–7 degrees. Biasing towards a
flatter slope cut for the UC bearing provides an
opportunity to better match flexion and extension
space, considering the flexion space generally
increases more than the extension space when
the PCL is resected. If the MC bearing is used, the
recommended tibial slope is 5 degrees. However,
7 degrees is allowable particularly when the PCL is
retained.
Height Adjustment
Varus/Valgus Adjustment
Slope Adjustment
Shorten
Clockwise
Counter
Clockwise
Lengthen
Persona Tibial Cut Guide
Right - 3°
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Persona Tibial Cut Guide
Right - 7°
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Persona Tibial Cut Guide
Universal - 3°
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Persona Tibial Cut Guide
Right - 7°
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