Kiriakos Daniilidis1, Carsten O Tibesku. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Annastift Hannover (Medical School Hannover; MHH), Hannover, Germany.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Several authors have observed that standard instrumentation (SI) may be insufficient for addressing component malalignment. Patient-matched cutting blocks (PMCB) technology was introduced to improve surgeons' ability to achieve a neutral postoperative mechanical axis following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The current retrospective study was designed to compare the ability of SI and PMCB to achieve a hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA) within ±3° of the ideal alignment of 180°. METHODS: Between October 2009 and December 2012, 170 TKAs in 166 patients (four bilateral) using VISIONAIRE (Smith & Nephew) PMCB technology were performed. Additionally, 160 TKAs in 160 consecutive patients that had received a total knee arthroplasty using SI during the same time period were used as a control group, All surgeries were performed by the same surgeon. Standardized pre- and postoperative long-leg standing x-rays were retrospectively evaluated to compare the two patient cohorts. RESULTS: X-rays were available for analysis for 156 knees in the SI group and 150 in the PMCB group. The average post-surgical HKA was 178.7 ± 2.5 in the SI group and 178.4 ± 1.5 in the PMCB group. However, the rate of ± 3° outliers was 21.2 % in the SI group and 9.3 % in the PMCB group. There were no intraoperative complications with the use of PMCB technology or SI. CONCLUSIONS: PMCB technology proved superior to conventional instrumentation in achieving a neutral mechanical axis following TKA. Further follow-up will be needed to ascertain the long-term impact of these findings.
PURPOSE: Several authors have observed that standard instrumentation (SI) may be insufficient for addressing component malalignment. Patient-matched cutting blocks (PMCB) technology was introduced to improve surgeons' ability to achieve a neutral postoperative mechanical axis following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The current retrospective study was designed to compare the ability of SI and PMCB to achieve a hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA) within ±3° of the ideal alignment of 180°. METHODS: Between October 2009 and December 2012, 170 TKAs in 166 patients (four bilateral) using VISIONAIRE (Smith & Nephew) PMCB technology were performed. Additionally, 160 TKAs in 160 consecutive patients that had received a total knee arthroplasty using SI during the same time period were used as a control group, All surgeries were performed by the same surgeon. Standardized pre- and postoperative long-leg standing x-rays were retrospectively evaluated to compare the two patient cohorts. RESULTS: X-rays were available for analysis for 156 knees in the SI group and 150 in the PMCB group. The average post-surgical HKA was 178.7 ± 2.5 in the SI group and 178.4 ± 1.5 in the PMCB group. However, the rate of ± 3° outliers was 21.2 % in the SI group and 9.3 % in the PMCB group. There were no intraoperative complications with the use of PMCB technology or SI. CONCLUSIONS:PMCB technology proved superior to conventional instrumentation in achieving a neutral mechanical axis following TKA. Further follow-up will be needed to ascertain the long-term impact of these findings.
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