CR Slope

Optetrak® CR Slope® PCL Referencing System

Optetrak® CR Slope® is an advanced technique and implant system that enables surgeons to plan and perform a cruciate retaining total knee replacement based on the anatomical integrity of the posterior cruciate ligament. There has been much discussion about the theoretical advantages of retaining the PCL, and the orthopaedic community has recognized that consistently achieving PCL retention is not always possible.

 

Optetrak CR Slope

Optetrak CR Slope – the next advancement in cruciate retaining total knee arthroplasty – is redefining PCL retention, by allowing you to:1
  • Identify and protect anatomical integrity of the PCL
  • Balance the flexion and extension gaps independently
  • Improve predictability and consistency of knee kinematics through Posterior Cruciate Referencing Technique
  • Preserve bone and soft tissue with no additional resections necessary
  • Perform consistent and reproducible tibial bone cuts
  • Accommodate variability in patients’ anatomies with a selection of implant geometries.

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References

1.  Covall DJ, Stulberg BN, Mabrev J, Burstein AH, Angibaud LD, Smith K, Zadzilka JD. Introducing a new technique for improving predictability in cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty: the posterior cruciate referencing technique. Techniques in Knee Surgery. 2009 Dec; 8(4):271-5.

Optetrak® is a registered trademark of Exactech, Inc.

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