Alessandro Civinini
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence
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About
Dr. Alessandro Civinini is a leading orthopedic researcher specializing in robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), with a particular focus on optimizing outcomes for elderly patients. His work has fundamentally advanced the understanding of how robotic technology can be leveraged to perform joint-preserving surgery in octogenarians, a population historically considered high-risk due to age-related bone fragility and comorbidities. Dr. Civinini’s major contributions include describing a preferred surgical technique for balancing robotic-assisted UKA in patients with reduced bone support, as detailed in his 2025 paper on joint line preservation. He has also demonstrated, through comparative clinical studies, that octogenarians can achieve comparable clinical outcomes and implant survivorship to younger patients following robotic-assisted medial UKA. With his most-cited works accumulating citations in the orthopedic community, Dr. Civinini’s research is reshaping surgical decision-making, proving that advanced age need not be a barrier to receiving the benefits of minimally invasive, robotic-assisted joint replacement. His work stands as a testament to the power of precision technology in expanding safe surgical options for the aging population.
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