Diego Ghinelli1, Matteo Baldassarri2, Alessandro Parma1, Sarino Ricciardello3, Luca Perazzo4, Matteo Toccaceli5, Oliviero Soragni1, Roberto Buda6. 1. Villa Maria Hospital, Rimini, V.le Matteotti, 24, 47921, Rimini, Italy. 2. Villa Maria Hospital, Rimini, V.le Matteotti, 24, 47921, Rimini, Italy. dr.mbaldassari@gmail.com. 3. Villa Laura Hospital, Bologna, Via Emilia Levante 137, Bologna, Italy. 4. "Eugenio Gruppioni" Private Hospital, Bologna, Via Zena, 117, 40068, San Lazzaro di Savena (BO), Italy. 5. Tor Vergata University, Rome, Via di Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. 6. Orthopedic and Traumatology Clinic "SS. Annunziata" Hospital, Università di Chieti, Chieti, Italy.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: High tibial osteotomy (HTO) was a treatment option for relatively young active patients with isolated medial compartment arthritis of the knee. This report showed clinical and radiological results of a new HTO technique, that uses a particular open-wedge high tibial osteotomy by incorporating the tibial tubercle into osteotomy line (TT-OWHTO) to preserve patella height. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Preoperative and postoperative function was recorded on the IKDC score, Kujala PF score, EQ-VAS and Tegner activity scale. Radiological patella height was measured with Insall-Salvati index. All this clinical and radiological recorded data on 45 active patients, with an average age of 40.2 years who underwent this procedure, allowed to do a retrospective analysis. RESULTS: All the patients reported improvement in symptoms with an average preoperative IKDC score from preoperative value 49.7-92.3 at last follow-up. Kujala PF score improves from 67.2 preoperative value to 91.4. EQ-VAS self-assessment of quality of life reported a preoperative value of 41.2-92.2 at last follow-up. There was 2.5 point average improvement in Tegner activity scale. Patella height was not altered with median preoperative value of 0.84 ± 0.1 and final follow-up value of 0.81 ± 0.2 on Insall-Salvati index. CONCLUSIONS: TT-OWHTO showed to be able to achieve good clinical and radiological results maintaining patella height unchanged and ensuring safety and reproducibility as much as the traditional technique.
INTRODUCTION:High tibial osteotomy (HTO) was a treatment option for relatively young active patients with isolated medial compartment arthritis of the knee. This report showed clinical and radiological results of a new HTO technique, that uses a particular open-wedge high tibial osteotomy by incorporating the tibial tubercle into osteotomy line (TT-OWHTO) to preserve patella height. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Preoperative and postoperative function was recorded on the IKDC score, Kujala PF score, EQ-VAS and Tegner activity scale. Radiological patella height was measured with Insall-Salvati index. All this clinical and radiological recorded data on 45 active patients, with an average age of 40.2 years who underwent this procedure, allowed to do a retrospective analysis. RESULTS: All the patients reported improvement in symptoms with an average preoperative IKDC score from preoperative value 49.7-92.3 at last follow-up. Kujala PF score improves from 67.2 preoperative value to 91.4. EQ-VAS self-assessment of quality of life reported a preoperative value of 41.2-92.2 at last follow-up. There was 2.5 point average improvement in Tegner activity scale. Patella height was not altered with median preoperative value of 0.84 ± 0.1 and final follow-up value of 0.81 ± 0.2 on Insall-Salvati index. CONCLUSIONS: TT-OWHTO showed to be able to achieve good clinical and radiological results maintaining patella height unchanged and ensuring safety and reproducibility as much as the traditional technique.
Authors: Juan Erquicia; Pablo Eduardo Gelber; Simone Perelli; Federico Ibañez; Maximiliano Ibañez; Xavier Pelfort; Juan Carlos Monllau Journal: J Exp Orthop Date: 2019-02-28