Vlad Predescu1,2, Alina-Maria Grosu3, Iulian Gherman2, Catalin Prescura2, Valentin Hiohi2, Bogdan Deleanu4. 1. University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Carol Davila', Bucharest, Romania. 2. Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. 3. Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. grossalina@yahoo.com. 4. Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Patient-specific instruments (PSI) have been designed to improve the accuracy of performing opening-wedge high-tibial osteotomies (OW-HTO). This study aims to evaluate the lower limb alignment, by comparing pre-operative desired correction to post-operative achieved correction, the difference in surgical time and number of radiological exposures in OW-HTO using patient-specific instruments (PSI) versus conventional osteotomies and the specific and non-specific complications that occurred. METHODS: We performed a single-centre, retrospective, observational study, including 25 consecutive patients undergoing OW-HTO using PSI, from January 2019 to October 2020. RESULTS: Pre-operatively, the mean hip-knee angle (HKA) was 167°, the mean tibial slope was 7.9° and the mean medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA) was 82.5°. Post-operatively, the mean HKA was 182.2° (180.1-184.7°), the tibial slope was 6.5° (4.2-12.9°) and the MPTA was 92.8° (90.6-93°). In both coronal and sagittal plane, all knees were within 2° from the planned value. The mean tourniquet time, by which the surgical time was measured, was 40 minutes and the average number of intra-operative fluoroscopic images was 10 (range: 7-14), significantly less than when using conventional techniques. CONCLUSIONS: The use of PSI in OW-HTO allows accurate achievement of the desired correction, while shortening the OR time. The number of radiological exposures is also decreased, in comparison with the conventional osteotomies.
PURPOSE:Patient-specific instruments (PSI) have been designed to improve the accuracy of performing opening-wedge high-tibial osteotomies (OW-HTO). This study aims to evaluate the lower limb alignment, by comparing pre-operative desired correction to post-operative achieved correction, the difference in surgical time and number of radiological exposures in OW-HTO using patient-specific instruments (PSI) versus conventional osteotomies and the specific and non-specific complications that occurred. METHODS: We performed a single-centre, retrospective, observational study, including 25 consecutive patients undergoing OW-HTO using PSI, from January 2019 to October 2020. RESULTS: Pre-operatively, the mean hip-knee angle (HKA) was 167°, the mean tibial slope was 7.9° and the mean medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA) was 82.5°. Post-operatively, the mean HKA was 182.2° (180.1-184.7°), the tibial slope was 6.5° (4.2-12.9°) and the MPTA was 92.8° (90.6-93°). In both coronal and sagittal plane, all knees were within 2° from the planned value. The mean tourniquet time, by which the surgical time was measured, was 40 minutes and the average number of intra-operative fluoroscopic images was 10 (range: 7-14), significantly less than when using conventional techniques. CONCLUSIONS: The use of PSI in OW-HTO allows accurate achievement of the desired correction, while shortening the OR time. The number of radiological exposures is also decreased, in comparison with the conventional osteotomies.
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