Computer-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty for Arthritis With Extra-articular Deformity
Abstract
Forty extra-articular deformities (22 femoral and 18 tibial) in 34 patients (mean age, 63.1 years) were studied. Mean coronal extra-articular deformity was 9.3°; mean preoperative limb alignment was 166.7°. Three limbs underwent simultaneous corrective osteotomy; the rest were treated with intra-articular correction during computer-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Mean postoperative limb alignment was 179.1°. At a mean follow-up of 26.4 months, the Knee Society knee score improved from a mean preoperative score of 49.7 to 90.4 points postoperatively; function score improved from 47.3 to 84.9 points. Computer-assisted TKA is a useful alternative to conventional TKA for knee arthritis with extra-articular deformity where accurate restoration of limb alignment may be challenging because of the presence of a deformed tibia or femur or in the presence of hardware.
Keywords: total knee arthroplasty, computer-assisted surgery, extra-articular deformity, osteotomy
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No benefits or funds were received in support of this study by any of the authors. This article is original and has not been published before or currently submitted to any other journal.
PII: S0883-5403(09)00173-9
doi:10.1016/j.arth.2009.05.005
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