Clinical Outcome of IM-Guided Total Knee Arthroplasty with Inappropriate Femoral Resection in Coronal Plane.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical results and accuracy of femoral cutting in the coronal plane in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using a fixed length intramedullary guide.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

From 2005 to 2008, 101 patients (154 knees) underwent TKA (NexGen LPS implant). The minimal follow-up period was 3 years (mean, 4.4 years). The patients were divided into two groups (group 1, 94≤α angle<98; group 2, 94>α, 98≤α). Mechanical axis deviation (MAD), patellar tilting angle (PTA), Knee Society Knee Score (KSKS), and Knee Society Function Score (KSFS) were measured in both groups.

RESULTS

There were 120 knees in group 1 and 34 knees in group 2. There was no significant intergroup difference in the postoperative MAD (group 1, 1.59°; group 2, 1.91°). The number of outliers with ≥2° MAD was 65 in group 1 and 24 in group 2. The mean PTA, KSKS, and KSFS were 10.17°, 96.0, and 96.6, respectively, in group 1 and 11.58°, 84.5, and 85.5, respectively, in group 2.

CONCLUSIONS

The percentage of coronal alignment outliers was relatively high (34 in 154 cases, 22%) after TKA using a fixed length intramedullary guide. However, there was no statistically significant intergroup difference in clinical results (KSKS, p=0.67; KSFS, p=0.56).