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- The study investigates whether restricted kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty (rKA-TKA) can restore the natural varus alignment in patients with knee osteoarthritis, focusing on using a specially designed implant.
- Results show significant improvements in certain alignment parameters (like coronal HKA and posterior tibial slope) after surgery, but no changes in others, suggesting limited restoration of pre-surgery alignment.
- Additionally, the study found that the knee flexion angle (KFA) and sagittal joint line obliquity (JLO) after surgery are correlated with patient-reported outcomes, indicating that poor KFA may lead to worse recovery results.
Article Abstract
Purpose: Restricted kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty (rKA-TKA) may not restore the constitutional varus alignment in most patients with knee osteoarthritis. This study aimed to investigate (1) the extent to which constitutional lower limb alignment can be restored by rKA-TKA using an anatomically designed implant and (2) which lower limb alignment parameters are associated with patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
Methods: This study included 60 patients who underwent rKA-TKA using an anatomically designed implant. Radiographic alignment parameters, including mechanical lateral distal femoral angle (mLDFA), medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA), coronal hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA), coronal joint line obliquity (JLO), posterior tibial slope (PTS), single-leg standing knee flexion angle (KFA), sagittal JLO, and arithmetic HKA (aHKA), were evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively. The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) was used for clinical evaluation.
Results: The mLDFA, MPTA, and aHKA showed no significant differences before and after surgery. Coronal HKA and PTS have significantly changed from 8.1 ± 8.7° and 9.9 ± 8.6° preoperatively to 3.5 ± 3.1° and 2.5 ± 2.0° postoperatively, respectively (p < 0.001 for each comparison). The postoperative WOMAC total score was significantly correlated with the KFA (r = 0.4063, p = 0.0034) and sagittal JLO (r = -0.3435, p = 0.0157). Postoperative KFA is a causal factor for the increased postoperative WOMAC total score (r = 1.416, 95% confidence interval: 0.491-2.342, p = 0.003).
Conclusion: rKA-TKA using an anatomically designed implant can restore constitutional coronal lower limb alignment, while postoperative KFA and sagittal JLO were associated with poor PROMs. Care should be taken for the postoperative KFA because it is a risk factor for poor PROMs.
Level Of Evidence: Level III, case-control study.
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