High tibial osteotomy and additive manufacture can significantly reduce climate impact of surgically treating knee osteoarthritis

Rebeka Anspach; H S Gill; Vimal Dhokia; Rick Lupton

High tibial osteotomy and additive manufacture can significantly reduce climate impact of surgically treating knee osteoarthritis

Rebeka Anspach, H S Gill, Vimal Dhokia, Rick Lupton

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Original language	English
Journal	The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Publication status	Acceptance date - 10 Apr 2025

Acknowledgements

The authors of the paper would like to thank Zimmer Biomet (Swindon, UK) and the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Exeter, UK) for providing valuable data for this analysis. We thank Stephen Mellon for the image of the Oxford Unicompartmental Knee replacement (Fig. 1 ).

Funding

This work was supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Grant No. EP/T518013/1 (recipient: R L Anspach) and Versus Arthritis, award number 22262 (recipient: H S Gill).

Funders	Funder number
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	EP/T518013/1
Versus Arthritis	22262

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