Comparison Between the Use of the Tensioner and Standard Surgical Technique for Ligament Balancing of Total Knee Prostheses

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female subjects candidates for primary cemented total knee prosthesis model Attune PS mobile plate DePuy.
• Patients who possess all the psychophysical capabilities to be able to undergo the operation and all the check-ups with radiological tests included (e.g. all patients who are not willing to go to the institute for all the scheduled follow-up visits will be excluded) .
• Patients who have signed the "informed consent" approved by the Ethics Committee.
• Patients who are aged between 50-85.

Exclusion criteria

• Social conditions that prevent participation in the study in all its phases (homeless patients, with restrictions on personal freedom, etc.)
• Patients suffering from deep venous insufficiency of the lower extremities or with a personal or family history of deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
• Patients with a history of erysipelas in the lower extremities
• Patients suffering from neurological or psycho-cognitive disorders
• Patients suffering from post-traumatic arthrosis
• Patients who have already undergone prosthetic surgery and/or arthrodesis at the level of a lower limb joint
• Patients with axial knee deformities >15°
• Pregnant female patients
• Patients with rheumatic diseases