Introduction. Accurate alignment and sizing of the femoral component in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is important for stability and functional outcomes. In relation to the shape of the distal femur, it has been reported that the medial-lateral (ML) femur width in women is narrower than that in men for the same antero-posterior (AP) length. In addition, it has been noted that the elevation of the anterior condyle in women is lower than that in men. Therefore, in TKA for women, it is suggested that a medial or lateral overhanging femoral component can cause pain or limit the range of motion (ROM). As a result, a gender-specific implant for women has been developed. However, there are few studies addressing the morphological dimensions of the distal shape of the femur in the
As for the number of patients who requires total knee arthroplasty (TKA), Asian-Pacific countries will be the most important market. However, due to the paucity of anthropometric data on the proximal tibia in this population, many prostheses designed for Caucasian knees have been introduced without specific modification.The aim of the current study was to analyze the geometry of the proximal tibia to design the optimum component for the
Massive rotator cuff tears and consequent cuff-deficient arthritis (CTA) of the shoulder can cause severe shoulder dysfunction in the elderly. Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) has been widely used for treatment of CTA in all over the world since its introduction in the 90's. In Japan, however, we have just started to clinically use RTSA from April 2014. In addition, we have only one choice of the implants (Aequalis Reverse, Tornier) currently, and only one size of the base-plate of the glenoid component (29 mm in diameter) is available so far. Japanese, especially elderly people, have generally smaller figure than Caucasians. We are not sure whether the base-plate would fit for the smaller Japanese. The purpose of this study was to measure the size of the glenoids in Japanese using CT images and to examine that they would fit the 29 mm base-plate. The shoulders without osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint were eligible for the study. The subjects consisted of 30 shoulders including 10 elderly males, 10 elderly females, and 10 younger males, and the mean ages were 73 (range, 63–81), 74 (range, 65–89), and 32 (range, 27–36) years old, respectively. Mean heights and weights were 164 cm (range, 156–179) and 59 kg (range, 49–72), 154 cm (range, 151–161) and 57 kg (range, 48–65), and 173 cm (range, 162–179) and 72 kg (range, 61–100), respectively. CT images with a 0.3 mm slice pitch were used for the analysis. The images were loaded into a DICOM viewer (OsiriX), and a slice for simulated implantation of the base-plate was created using the multi-planar reconstruction (Figure 1), which had 10° of inferior tilt to the glenoid face. The width of the glenoid in the antero-posterior direction was measured at 14 mm above the inferior edge of the glenoid.Background
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Aims. Although the short stem concept in hip arthroplasty procedure shows acceptable clinical performance, we sometimes get unexplainable radiological findings. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate changes of radiological findings up to three years postoperatively, and to assess any potential contributing factors on such radiological change in a
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Introduction. The objective of this study was to verify the long-term outcome of transtrochanteric anterior rotational osteotomy (ARO) for osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) in young patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods. Consecutive series of 21 symptomatic ONFH patients with SLE (33 hips), aged 20 to 40 years, underwent ARO between 1980 and 1988. We reviewed the cases of 16 patients (25 hips), which represents a 76% rate of follow-up. Patients included 4 men and 12 women who had a mean age of 29 years at the time of surgery. A Kaplan-Meier curve was used for the survivorship analysis of ARO. Patients with surviving hips were evaluated by the modified Oxford hip score and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (SF-36). Results. Twelve hips in 8 patients survived at the final follow-up. The average length of surviving was 25 years (range, 20 to 27 years). Three patients (6 hips) had died of unrelated causes without any conversion at the mean time of 9 years after ARO. Based on Kaplan-Meier analysis with the end point defined as any conversion, the survival rate at 25 years was 73.7% (95% confidence interval, 53.9 to 93.5%). Based on the classification of the modified Oxford hip score, 5 hips were classified as excellent, 2 hips were good, and the remaining 5 hips were fair. The average SF-36 physical component summary score was 34 points and the average mental component summary score was 46 points. The physical component summary scores of 3 patients (53.0, 56.6, 57.1) exceeded the level of the
Introduction: The goal of this study was to determine the difference between weight-bearing and non weight-bearing range of motion (ROM) for Japanese subjects having either a fixed or mobile bearing TKA with either a resurfaced (RP) or unresurfaced (UP) patella. Methods: Forty subjects were evaluated using video fluoroscopy. Twenty subjects had a fixed bearing posterior cruciate retaining (PCR) TKA (10 RP, 10 UP) and twenty subjects had a mobile bearing (MB) TKA (10 RP, 10 UP). Under weight-bearing conditions, each subject performed successive deep knee bends to maximum flexion. Then, under passive, non weight-bearing conditions the subjects stood on one leg and passively flexed their knee to maximum flexion. Each trial was recorded and analyzed digitally. The angle between the femoral and tibial longitudinal axes was subtracted from 180o to obtain the amount of flexion.A single surgeon control was used. The average age of the subjects was 66.4, 78.1, 70.3, and 71.1 for subjects having PCR RP, PCR UP, MB RP, and MB UP, respectively. All total knee subjects were judged excellent clinically with HSS scores >
90 points. None complained of pain during testing. Results: The preoperative ROM for the implanted knee groups was 115, 122, 110, and 120 degrees for subjects having a PCR RP, PCR UP, MB RP, and MB UP, respectively. The average passive ROM was 106 (90–131) and 108 (72–128) degrees for subjects having a PCR RP and PCR UP, respectively. Subjects having a MB TKA experienced greater passive ROM, 120 degrees for both the MB RP (105–136o) and MB UP (105–167o). Under weight-bearing conditions, ROM decreased for all groups, with the average ROM of 101 (90–125), 108 (86–128), 109 (92–134), and 114 (94–142) degrees for subjects having a PCR RP, PCR UP, MB RP, and MB UP, respectively. The greatest amount of ROM occurred for a subject having a MB UP, 167o during passive ROM and 142o during a weight-bearing ROM. Discussion: Subjects in this study having a MB TKA experienced greater ROM for all of the compared four parameters. Subjects having a MB RP experienced greater passive (120 vs. 106) and weight-bearing (109 vs. 101) ROM compared to the PCR RP group. Similarly, subjects having a MB UP experienced greater passive (120 vs. 108) and weight-bearing (114 vs. 108) ROM compared to the PCR UP group. Interestingly, subjects having an UP TKA experienced greater ROM compared to subjects having a RP TKA. The results from this study may suggest that a mobile bearing TKA may lead to greater ROM for the
This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of implant placement with robotic-arm assisted total hip arthroplasty (THA) in patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). The study analyzed a consecutive series of 69 patients who underwent robotic-arm assisted THA between September 2018 and December 2019. Of these, 30 patients had DDH and were classified according to the Crowe type. Acetabular component alignment and 3D positions were measured using pre- and postoperative CT data. The absolute differences of cup alignment and 3D position were compared between DDH and non-DDH patients. Moreover, these differences were analyzed in relation to the severity of DDH. The discrepancy of leg length and combined offset compared with contralateral hip were measured.Aims
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Introduction. Herniation pits had been considered as a normal variant, a cystic lesion formed by synovial invagination. On the contrary, it was also suggested that herniation pits were one of the diagnostic findings in femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) because of the high prevalence of herniation pits in the FAI patients. To date, the exact etiology is still unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether there is an association between the presence of herniation pits and morphological indicators of FAI based on computed tomography (CT) examination. Materials and methods. We reviewed the CT scans of 245 consecutive subjects (490 hips, age: 21–89 years) who had undergone abdominal and pelvic CT for reasons unrelated to hip symptom from September, 2010 to June, 2011. These subjects were mainly examined for abdominal disorders. We confirmed by the questionnaire survey that there were no subjects who had symptoms of hip joints. We reviewed them for the presence of herniation pits and the morphological abnormalities of the femoral head and acetabulum. Herniation pits were diagnosed when they were located at the anterosuperior femoral head-neck junction with a diameter of more than 3 mm. We measured following four signs as indicators for FAI: α angle, center edge angle (CE angle), acetabular index (AI), and acetabular version. Mann-Whitney U-test was used for statistical analysis. Results. Herniation pits were identified in 61 of the 245 subjects or, with respect to individual hips, in 85 (17%) of 490 hips. The prevalence of herniation pits in younger subjects (<60 years, 240 hips) and elderly subjects (≥60 years, 250 hips) were 16.3% and 18.4%, respectively. Among 85 hips, the mean diameter of herniation pits was 5.9 ± 2.4 mm and it was significantly larger (p<0.01) in the elderly subjects (7.1 ± 2.4 mm) than in the younger subjects (4.7 ± 1.7 mm). In terms of the α angle, there were significant differences between the group with (49.8 ± 16.6°) and without herniation pits (40.7 ± 6.7°) in the elderly subjects, whereas not significantly different among the younger subjects. Measurements of the acetabular coverage (CE angle, AI) and the acetabular version showed no significant difference between the subject with and without herniation pits. Discussion. In the present study, the prevalence of herniation pits was 17% in asymptomatic
We have previously investigated an association between the genome copy number variation (CNV) and acetabular dysplasia (AD). Hip osteoarthritis is associated with a genetic polymorphism in the aspartic acid repeat in the N-terminal region of the asporin ( Acetabular coverage of all subjects was evaluated using radiological findings (Sharp angle, centre-edge (CE) angle, acetabular roof obliquity (ARO) angle, and minimum joint space width). Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes. Agilent’s region-targeted high-density oligonucleotide tiling microarray was used to analyse 64 female AD patients and 32 female control subjects. All statistical analyses were performed using EZR software (Fisher’s exact probability test, Pearson’s correlation test, and Student’s Objectives
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To assess the responsiveness and ceiling/floor effects of the Forgotten Joint Score -12 and to compare these with that of the more widely used Oxford Hip Score (OHS) in patients six and 12 months after primary total hip arthroplasty. We prospectively collected data at six and 12 months following total hip arthroplasty from 193 patients undergoing surgery at a single centre. Ceiling effects are outlined with frequencies for patients obtaining the lowest or highest possible score. Change over time from six months to 12 months post-surgery is reported as effect size (Cohen’s d).Objectives
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