Purpose: To investigate the accuracy of an imageless, optical surgical navigation tool to assist with femoral and tibial bone cuts performed during TKA.
Patients And Methods: Six board-certified orthopedic surgeons participated in a laboratory cadaver investigation, performing femoral and tibial bone cuts with the assistance of a computer navigation tool. Femoral and tibial varus/valgus, tibial slope, femoral flexion, and both femoral and tibial rotation measurements from the device were compared with angular measurements calculated from computed tomography (CT) images of the knees.
Results: Measurements with the navigation tool were highly correlated with those obtained from CT scans in all three axes. For the distal femoral cut, the absolute mean difference in varus/valgus was 0.83° (SD 0.46°, = 0.76), femoral flexion was 1.91° (SD 1.16°, = 0.85), and femoral rotation was 1.29° (SD 1.01°, = 0.88) relative to Whiteside's line and 0.97° (SD 0.56°, = 0.81) relative to the posterior condylar axis. For the tibia, the absolute mean difference in varus/valgus was 1.08° (SD 0.64°, = 0.85), posterior slope was 2.78° (SD 1.40°, = 0.60), and rotation relative to the anteroposterior axis (posterior cruciate ligament to the medial third of the tibial tuberosity) was 2.98° (SD 2.54°, = 0.79).
Conclusion: Utilization of an imageless navigation tool may aid surgeons in accurately performing and monitoring femoral and tibial bone cuts, and implant rotation in TKA and thus, more accurately align TKA components.
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