Thomas Luyckx

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Thomas Luyckx is a leading orthopaedic researcher whose work is reshaping total knee arthroplasty (TKA) through a focus on patient-specific alignment and robotic precision. His primary research areas include kinematic alignment philosophies—particularly inverse kinematic alignment (iKA)—and the integration of robotic assistance to improve surgical outcomes. Luyckx’s major contributions include demonstrating that restricted inverse kinematic alignment yields higher patient satisfaction than adjusted mechanical alignment (165 citations), and establishing that robot-assisted TKA has a learning curve for surgical time but not for component alignment or gap balancing (123 citations). His 2022 systematic review and meta-analysis on robotic systems (63 citations) provides critical comparative evidence, while his comparative trial in 120 patients (36 citations) confirms that both robotic assistance and patient-specific alignment enhance clinical outcomes. Luyckx has also explored biomechanical effects, such as restoring native tibial joint line obliquity without increasing knee adduction moments (27 citations). His survey of the European Knee Society (17 citations) identifies perceived benefits and barriers to robotic TKA adoption. With over 500 total citations, Luyckx is a key voice in the evolution toward more personalized, functionally aligned knee arthroplasty.

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1. 1
   Higher satisfaction after total knee arthroplasty using restricted inverse kinematic alignment compared to adjusted mechanical alignment

   165 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Robot‐assisted total knee arthroplasty is associated with a learning curve for surgical time but not for component alignment, limb alignment and gap balancing

   123 citations · 2020
3. 3
   Inverse Kinematic Alignment for Total Knee Arthroplasty

   79 citations · 2022
4. 4
   The evolution of robotic systems for total knee arthroplasty, each system must be assessed for its own value: a systematic review of clinical evidence and meta-analysis

   63 citations · 2022
5. 5
   Clinical outcomes in TKA are enhanced by both robotic assistance and patient specific alignment: a comparative trial in 120 patients

   36 citations · 2022
6. 6
   Restoration of the native tibial joint line obliquity in total knee arthroplasty with inverse kinematic alignment does not increase knee adduction moments

   27 citations · 2023
7. 7
   Strong Correlation Between Standing Long-Leg Radiographs and CT Scans in Measuring Coronal Knee Alignment

   19 citations · 2024
8. 8
   What are the perceived benefits and barriers to the use of robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty? A survey of members of the European Knee Society

   17 citations · 2022
9. 9
   A robotic‐assisted simulation of kinematic alignment in TKA leads to excessive valgus and internal rotation in valgus knees

   14 citations · 2023
10. 10
    Widening of tibial resection boundaries increases the rate of femoral component valgus and internal rotation in functionally aligned TKA

    7 citations · 2024

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