Postoperative alignment but not femoral coronal bowing is a significant longevity factor after total knee arthroplasty

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BACKGROUND: Femoral coronal bowing (FCB) has been reported to be a risk factor for mechanical malalignment after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, the effects of FCB on the long-term survivorship (when postoperative mechanical alignment (MA) is neutral after TKA) have not been determined.

HYPOTHESIS: The effects of FCB on the cumulative survivorship after TKA may be significantly smaller compared with those of MA.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Consecutive 328 knees of 211 patients (10 males, 201 females) who underwent TKA between 1995 and 2009 (mean age of 64.2±6.7 years at the time of TKA, mean follow-up period of 11.9±2.5 years) were retrospectively evaluated. FCB and MA were evaluated using preoperative and immediate postoperative whole-leg anteroposterior radiographs, respectively. The patients were grouped according to FCB and postoperative MA, which included group A (FCB≤5°, MA≤3°), B (FCB>5°, MA≤3°), C (FCB>5°, MA>3°), and D (FCB≤5°, MA>3°). Primary end-point was defined as aseptic mechanical failures requiring revision TKA. Survivorship was assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using log-rank tests. Factors associated with the risk of aseptic mechanical failures were analyzed by Cox regression analysis. Preoperative and final follow-up clinical outcomes were assessed using Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) scores.

RESULTS: Group A, B, C, and D included 190, 73, 40, and 25 knees, respectively. The 10-year survivorship was similar between group A and B (96.3±1.4% vs. 98.6±1.4%; p=0.733) and group C and D (87.3±5.3 vs. 87.6±6.7%; p=0.974); however, it was significantly higher in group B than in group C (p=0.036) and in group A than in group D (p=0.005). Age (OR=0.991; 95% CI 0.906-1.085; p=0.002) and MA>3° (OR=3.645; 95% CI 1.744-7.604; p=0.001) were associated with the risk of aseptic mechanical failures. The mean preoperative and final HSS scores in the four groups were not significantly different.

DISCUSSION: Marked FCB was not associated with long-term survivorship for knees with neutral alignment after TKA. However, non-neutral postoperative alignment reduced long-term survivorship for knees with marked FCB.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III, Retrospective comparative cohort study.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:106

Enthalten in:

Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR - 106(2020), 3 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 435-442

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kim, Changwan [VerfasserIn]
Bin, Seong-Il [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jong-Min [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Bum-Sik [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jun-Gu [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Gi-Woon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alignment
Femoral coronal bowing
Journal Article
Longevity
TKA

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Date Completed 09.06.2021

Date Revised 09.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.otsr.2019.12.001

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NLM305237357