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General Orthopaedics

EFFECT OF ROTATIONAL CONTROL ON THE SECONDARY CHANGE OF POSTERIOR SLOPE ANGLE IN MEDIAL OPEN WEDGE HIGH TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY: THREE-DIMENSIONAL APPROACH

The International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA), 28th Annual Congress. PART 2.



Abstract

Introduction

Medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a generally accepted surgical method for medial unicompartmental osteoarthritis with varus malalignment of the lower extremity. However, several authors have suggested the possibility of unintentional secondary changes during open wedge HTO, which include posterior tibial slope angle (PTS) change, tibial rotation change and medial–lateral slope change of the knee joint line, may influence knee kinematics and produce poor clinical outcomes. We sought to analyze postoperative changes in three-dimensional planes using a virtual wedge osteotomy 3D model. Pre- and post-operative changes in the medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA) in the coronal plane, posterior tibial slope (PTS) in the sagittal plane, and axial tibial rotation were measured as dependent variables. And this study was attempted to determine their mutual relationships and to clarify which independent variables, including hinge axis angle and gap ratio, affect tibial rotation change and PTS change by applying the identified hinge position.

Method

A total of 17 patients with 19 knees underwent HTO and were evaluated with 3D-CT before and after surgery. A 3D model was constructed by applying reverse engineering software.

Results

No significant linear correlation was observed between the three dependent variables: MPTA, PTS, and rotational change. Gap ratio (β = −0.2830, p = 0.0007) and hinge axis angle (β = 0.7395, p = 0.0005) were significant factors in determining rotation change with moderate correlation (R2 = 0.546 and 0.520, respectively). In univariate regression analysis, gap ratio (p = 0.6284) and hinge axis angle (p = 0.0968) were not significant factors determining the PTS; however, after controlling for confounder, rotation change, they became statistically significant (hinge axis: β = 0.44, p = 0.0059; gap ratio: β = 0.14, p = 0.0174).

Discussion and Conclusion

Unchanged axial rotation is a requisite for constant unchanged PTS, and hinge axis angle have to be considered as an important independent variable for limitation of unintended secondary changes. This study might provide clues about the low reliability of intact slope angle, That is, representability of gap ratio as slope change can be interfered by rotational change, as a confounder. Also, the current study reported the external rotation tendency of proximal tibia with increasing hinge axis angle.


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