Anatomical Safety Area for Periarticular Analgesic Infiltration through the Posterior Capsule in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Radiological Study in Magnetic Resonance.

: One of the main challenges of orthopedic surgery is adequate pain management after total knee arthroplasty. This work aimed to determine the anatomical safety area for infiltration through the posterior capsule of the knee in prosthetic surgery using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). : A descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study was performed on 126 knee MRIs.

Improving the cementation of the tibial component in knee arthroplasty : a study of four techniques in the cadaver.

Aims: The main objective of this study is to analyze the penetration of bone cement in four different full cementation techniques of the tibial tray.

Methods: In order to determine the best tibial tray cementation technique, we applied cement to 40 cryopreserved donor tibiae by four different techniques: 1) double-layer cementation of the tibial component and tibial bone with bone restrictor; 2) metallic cementation of the tibial component without bone restrictor; 3) bone cementation of the tibia with bone restrictor; and 4) superficial bone cementation of the tibia and metallic keel cementation of the tibial component without bone restrictor. We performed CT exams of all 40 subjects, and measured cement layer thickness at both levels of the resected surface of the epiphysis and the endomedular metaphyseal level.