Kick 3 is a dynamic navigation which gives us real time assessment of the knee deformity and knee ligament balance
How does it work?
It works on the principle of 3 point spatial orientation
We usually keep some trackers on the femur and tibia
And keep on defining anatomical landmarks as per patient’s anatomy
Based on this information it gathers a data and give us the actual deformity assessment
What is dynamic navigation?
Dynamic navigation means it tells us real time knee movements its stability during movement and alignment of the knee during movement
How is it useful?
Any success of the knee replacement is dependent on alignment and ligament balancing
Kick 3 machine help us in achieving near perfect alignment and ligament balancing which is visible through and graph
Through normal conventional technique there are very high chances of getting wrong on the alignment part and ligament balancing is also not achieved that perfectly so there are very high chances of mid flexion instability
What are the other advantages of kick 3 ?
Kick 3 has clear lens technology so it takes very less time for the data collection. it is very rapid and precise.
So surgical time is reduced so the blood loss
Bcs of perfect balancing pt usually doesn’t requires any support for mobilization within short term
Navigation otherwise also gives 99.9% perfection
It is very useful in deformity correction
How many kick 3 machines are there in India?
It’s a first installation of the kick 3 in India with joints avenue hospital. Infact this was the first installation in whole Southeast Asia