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The Trochlear Groove of a Femoral Component Designed for Kinematic Alignment Is Lateral to the Quadriceps Line of Force and Better Laterally Covers the Anterior Femoral Resection Than a Mechanical Alignment Design

Background: A concern about kinematically aligned (KA) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is that it relies on femoral components designed for mechanical alignment (MAd-FC) that could affect patellar tracking, in part, because of a trochlear groove orientation that is typically 6° from vertical. KA sets...

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Autores principales: Sappey-Marinier, Elliot, Howell, Stephen M., Nedopil, Alexander J., Hull, Maury L.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9605321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36294863
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12101724
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author Sappey-Marinier, Elliot
Howell, Stephen M.
Nedopil, Alexander J.
Hull, Maury L.
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Howell, Stephen M.
Nedopil, Alexander J.
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description Background: A concern about kinematically aligned (KA) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is that it relies on femoral components designed for mechanical alignment (MAd-FC) that could affect patellar tracking, in part, because of a trochlear groove orientation that is typically 6° from vertical. KA sets the femoral component coincident to the patient’s pre-arthritic distal and posterior femoral joint lines and restores the Q-angle, which varies widely. Relative to KA and the native knee, aligning the femoral component with MA changes most distal joint lines and Q-angles, and rotates the posterior joint line externally laterally covering the anterior femoral resection. Whether switching from a MAd- to a KAd-FC with a wider trochlear groove orientation of 20.5° from vertical results in radiographic measures known to promote patellar tracking is unknown. The primary aim was to determine whether a KAd-FC sets the trochlear groove lateral to the quadriceps line of force (QLF), better laterally covers the anterior femoral resection, and reduces lateral patella tilt relative to a MAd-FC. The secondary objective was to determine at six weeks whether the KAd-FC resulted in a higher complication rate, less knee extension and flexion, and lower clinical outcomes. Methods: Between April 2019 and July 2022, two surgeons performed sequential bilateral unrestricted caliper-verified KA TKA with manual instruments on thirty-six patients with a KAd- and MAd-FC in opposite knees. An observer measured the angle between a line best-fit to the deepest valley of the trochlea and a line representing the QLF that indicated the patient’s Q-angle. When the trochlear groove was lateral or medial relative to the QLF, the angle is denoted + or −, and the femoral component included or excluded the patient’s Q-angle, respectively. Software measured the lateral undercoverage of the anterior femoral resection on a Computed Tomography (CT) scan, and the patella tilt angle (PTA) on a skyline radiograph. Complications, knee extension and flexion measurements, Oxford Knee Score, KOOS Jr, and Forgotten Joint Score were recorded pre- and post-operatively (at 6 weeks). A paired Student’s T-test determined the difference between the KA TKAs with a KAd-FC and MAd-FC with a significance set at p < 0.05. Results: The final analysis included thirty-five patients. The 20.5° trochlear groove of the KAd-FC was lateral to the QLF in 100% (15 ± 3°) of TKAs, which was greater than the 69% (1 ± 3°) lateral to the QLF with the 6° trochlear groove of the MAd-FC (p < 0.001). The KAd-FC’s 2 ± 1.9 mm lateral undercoverage of the anterior femoral resection was less than the 4.4 ± 1.5 mm for the MAd-FC (p < 0.001). The PTA, complication rate, knee extension and flexion, and clinical outcome measures did not differ between component designs. Conclusions: The KA TKA with a KAd-FC resulted in a trochlear groove lateral to the QLF that included the Q-angle in all patients, and negligible lateral undercoverage of the anterior femoral resection. These newly described radiographic parameters could be helpful when investigating femoral components designed for KA with the intent of promoting patellofemoral kinematics.
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spelling pubmed-96053212022-10-27 The Trochlear Groove of a Femoral Component Designed for Kinematic Alignment Is Lateral to the Quadriceps Line of Force and Better Laterally Covers the Anterior Femoral Resection Than a Mechanical Alignment Design Sappey-Marinier, Elliot Howell, Stephen M. Nedopil, Alexander J. Hull, Maury L. J Pers Med Article Background: A concern about kinematically aligned (KA) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is that it relies on femoral components designed for mechanical alignment (MAd-FC) that could affect patellar tracking, in part, because of a trochlear groove orientation that is typically 6° from vertical. KA sets the femoral component coincident to the patient’s pre-arthritic distal and posterior femoral joint lines and restores the Q-angle, which varies widely. Relative to KA and the native knee, aligning the femoral component with MA changes most distal joint lines and Q-angles, and rotates the posterior joint line externally laterally covering the anterior femoral resection. Whether switching from a MAd- to a KAd-FC with a wider trochlear groove orientation of 20.5° from vertical results in radiographic measures known to promote patellar tracking is unknown. The primary aim was to determine whether a KAd-FC sets the trochlear groove lateral to the quadriceps line of force (QLF), better laterally covers the anterior femoral resection, and reduces lateral patella tilt relative to a MAd-FC. The secondary objective was to determine at six weeks whether the KAd-FC resulted in a higher complication rate, less knee extension and flexion, and lower clinical outcomes. Methods: Between April 2019 and July 2022, two surgeons performed sequential bilateral unrestricted caliper-verified KA TKA with manual instruments on thirty-six patients with a KAd- and MAd-FC in opposite knees. An observer measured the angle between a line best-fit to the deepest valley of the trochlea and a line representing the QLF that indicated the patient’s Q-angle. When the trochlear groove was lateral or medial relative to the QLF, the angle is denoted + or −, and the femoral component included or excluded the patient’s Q-angle, respectively. Software measured the lateral undercoverage of the anterior femoral resection on a Computed Tomography (CT) scan, and the patella tilt angle (PTA) on a skyline radiograph. Complications, knee extension and flexion measurements, Oxford Knee Score, KOOS Jr, and Forgotten Joint Score were recorded pre- and post-operatively (at 6 weeks). A paired Student’s T-test determined the difference between the KA TKAs with a KAd-FC and MAd-FC with a significance set at p < 0.05. Results: The final analysis included thirty-five patients. The 20.5° trochlear groove of the KAd-FC was lateral to the QLF in 100% (15 ± 3°) of TKAs, which was greater than the 69% (1 ± 3°) lateral to the QLF with the 6° trochlear groove of the MAd-FC (p < 0.001). The KAd-FC’s 2 ± 1.9 mm lateral undercoverage of the anterior femoral resection was less than the 4.4 ± 1.5 mm for the MAd-FC (p < 0.001). The PTA, complication rate, knee extension and flexion, and clinical outcome measures did not differ between component designs. Conclusions: The KA TKA with a KAd-FC resulted in a trochlear groove lateral to the QLF that included the Q-angle in all patients, and negligible lateral undercoverage of the anterior femoral resection. These newly described radiographic parameters could be helpful when investigating femoral components designed for KA with the intent of promoting patellofemoral kinematics. MDPI 2022-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9605321/ /pubmed/36294863 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12101724 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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The Trochlear Groove of a Femoral Component Designed for Kinematic Alignment Is Lateral to the Quadriceps Line of Force and Better Laterally Covers the Anterior Femoral Resection Than a Mechanical Alignment Design
title The Trochlear Groove of a Femoral Component Designed for Kinematic Alignment Is Lateral to the Quadriceps Line of Force and Better Laterally Covers the Anterior Femoral Resection Than a Mechanical Alignment Design
title_full The Trochlear Groove of a Femoral Component Designed for Kinematic Alignment Is Lateral to the Quadriceps Line of Force and Better Laterally Covers the Anterior Femoral Resection Than a Mechanical Alignment Design
title_fullStr The Trochlear Groove of a Femoral Component Designed for Kinematic Alignment Is Lateral to the Quadriceps Line of Force and Better Laterally Covers the Anterior Femoral Resection Than a Mechanical Alignment Design
title_full_unstemmed The Trochlear Groove of a Femoral Component Designed for Kinematic Alignment Is Lateral to the Quadriceps Line of Force and Better Laterally Covers the Anterior Femoral Resection Than a Mechanical Alignment Design
title_short The Trochlear Groove of a Femoral Component Designed for Kinematic Alignment Is Lateral to the Quadriceps Line of Force and Better Laterally Covers the Anterior Femoral Resection Than a Mechanical Alignment Design
title_sort trochlear groove of a femoral component designed for kinematic alignment is lateral to the quadriceps line of force and better laterally covers the anterior femoral resection than a mechanical alignment design
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9605321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36294863
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12101724
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