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Knee

ARE OBESITY AND AGE CONTRAINDICATIONS TO HIGH TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY IN MEDIAL COMPARTMENT OSTEOARTHRITIS?

The British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) May 2023 Meeting, London, England, 16–17 May 2023.



Abstract

Abstract

High tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a well-recognised procedure to address medial compartment osteoarthritis (OA). There remains dispute on the impact of pre-operative patient factors on patient related outcome measures (PROMS).

Does BMI and age affect > 2 year and > 5 year oxford knee scores (OKS) and Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome scores (KOOS).

A retrospective review of a prospectively collected database was performed. Timeframe was 26/6/2014 and 25/8/2022. BMI and age were recorded. OKS and KOOS were collected at > 2 years and > 5 years.

There were 81 procedures included, of these 50 had OKS and KOOS scores at > 2 years and 35 at > 5 years. Median BMI was 28.5kg/m2, range was 18.6–40.8kg/m2. Spearman's rank for >2 year OKS was p(df)=−0.210 p=0.157, > 5 year OKS p(df)=−0.215 p=0.230. For > 2 year and > 5 year KOOS subscales there were no statistically significant associations on Spearman's rank.

For age, median age was 52.5, range 26–71 years old. OKS at >2 year p(df)=0.068 p=0.664, OKS >5 years p(df)=0.065 p= 0.709. For >2 year and > 5 year KOOS subscales there were no statistically significant associations on Spearman's rank.

There were no adverse outcome in patients up-to the age of 71. There were no statistically significant Spearman's rank correlations between PROMS and OKS/KOOS scores. This supports recent KOG consensus statement highlighting physiological age importance vs chronological age. Of note there were more negative associations in the BMI group compared with age.