Babar Kayani

About

Babar Kayani is a pioneering orthopaedic surgeon and researcher whose work has fundamentally advanced the field of robotic-assisted knee arthroplasty. With a research focus centered on total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), Kayani has made landmark contributions to understanding how robotic technology improves surgical precision, patient outcomes, and postoperative recovery. His most cited work — a 2018 prospective cohort study with over 400 citations — demonstrated that robotic-arm assisted TKA yields superior early functional recovery and shorter hospital stays compared to conventional jig-based techniques. Complementing this, his investigations into surgical learning curves revealed that while workflow integration requires approximately seven cases, implant positioning accuracy is unaffected from the outset — a clinically significant finding that has encouraged broader adoption of robotic systems. Kayani has also made notable contributions to alignment philosophy, comparing functional and mechanical alignment strategies using sensor-guided and robotic technologies. Across his top ten papers alone, his work has accumulated over 2,000 citations, establishing him as one of the most influential voices in contemporary reconstructive knee surgery and robotic orthopaedics.

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Key Achievements

Top Papers

1. 1
   Robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty is associated with improved early functional recovery and reduced time to hospital discharge compared with conventional jig-based total knee arthroplasty

   407 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty has a learning curve of seven cases for integration into the surgical workflow but no learning curve effect for accuracy of implant positioning

   316 citations · 2018
3. 3
   Robotic technology in total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review

   299 citations · 2019
4. 4
   Iatrogenic Bone and Soft Tissue Trauma in Robotic-Arm Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Compared With Conventional Jig-Based Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Cohort Study and Validation of a New Classification System

   240 citations · 2018
5. 5
   The learning curve associated with robotic-arm assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

   150 citations · 2018
6. 6
   An assessment of early functional rehabilitation and hospital discharge in conventional versus robotic-arm assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

   140 citations · 2019
7. 7
   Functional alignment achieves soft-tissue balance in total knee arthroplasty as measured with quantitative sensor-guided technology

   126 citations · 2021
8. 8
   Robotic total knee arthroplasty

   114 citations · 2019
9. 9
   A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing the systemic inflammatory response in conventional jig-based total knee arthroplasty versus robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty

   112 citations · 2020
10. 10
    A prospective double-blinded randomised control trial comparing robotic arm-assisted functionally aligned total knee arthroplasty versus robotic arm-assisted mechanically aligned total knee arthroplasty

    109 citations · 2020

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