Sleep disturbance is the one of major complaints associated with knee osteoarthritis, and sleep status is one factor that influences quality of life. The present study was designed to assess sleep status in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty and to identify factors affecting sleep patterns. We performed a prospective study of 112 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty from June 2011 to February 2012. Data including demographic characteristics (age, gender, BMI, VAS pain scale score, SF 36, level of education, and psychologic comorbidities) and sleep profiles (Nottingham Health Profile – 0 to 100, with 0 indicating good sleep status; Sleep Satisfaction Scale – 0 to 10, with 10 indicating full satisfaction) was collected before and after (six days, two weeks, three months, and six months) total knee arthroplasty.Introduction:
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Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most devastating complications in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Although controversy exists about the necessity of the prophylactic use of antibiotics in clean operations, the routine use of antibiotic-loaded bone cement (ALBC) has been the clinical procedure against PJI for many decades. Additionally, the combination of antibiotics has been used to broaden the antimicrobial spectrum and to enhance antimicrobial activity in a revision setting with a potentially resistant organism. Even in primary TKA, the prophylactic combination of antibiotics used as therapy should be considered on patients with a higher susceptibility to bacterial infection based on their clinical histories of PJI, rather than the lower risk population. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the synergistic combination of antibiotics in bone cement in high risk patients can reduce PJI. A total of 3015 knees of 1918 patients were screened for inclusion in this study based on their risk factor, and those categorized as systematically or locally high risk patients were included. Patients that were classified as “systemically high risk” received an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification of 3 or higher and a Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) classification of 2 or higher (n = 212 knees, 70.7% of 300 total). Patients that were classified as “locally high risk” had a history of inflammatory arthritis, poor skin conditions, and/or recent septic knee arthritis (n = 76 knees, 25.3%). Patients with both systemically and locally high risk included 12 knees (4.0%). The 300 knees included in this study were separated into three groups based on the combination of antibiotics administered. In group 1(208 knees), gentamycin–impregnated cement was used and in group 2(48 knees) hand-mixed vancomycin with pre-mixed gentamycin cement for intraoperative management was used. In group 3 revision bone cement containing a combination of two antibiotics (gentamycin and clindamycin) was used (44 knees). The mean age was 70.9 years. The number of men and women were 31(10.3%) and 269(89.7%), respectively. The average body mass index (BMI) was 26.7 kg/m2. The incidence of PJI was investigated.Background:
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Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is becoming an increasingly popular option in single compartment osteoarthritis. As a result, diverse second operations including revisions to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) will also increase. The objective of this study is to investigate the distribution of causes of second operations after UKA. We retrospectively reviewed 695 UKAs performed on 597 patients between January 2003 and December 2011. Except in one case, all UKAs were replaced at the medial compartment of the knee. The UKAs were performed on 559 (80.4%) women's knees and 136 (19.6%) men's knees. The mean age at the time of UKA was 61.5 years. The mobile-bearing designs were those that were predominantly implanted (n = 628 mobile, 90.2%; n = 67 fixed). The mean interval between UKA and second operation was 14.1 months.Introduction:
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Recently, patient expectations regarding the outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have increase due to advances in knee implant design, surgical techniques, and procedure safety. However, outcomes do not always meet preoperative expectations. The purpose of this study is to investigate what Korean patients expect from their TKA and relationship between Pre-TKA expectation and demographic factors. We performed a prospective study of 228 patients undergoing primary TKA from April 2013 to May 2013. The number of men and women were 211 (92.5%) and 17 (7.5%) respectively, and mean age was 70.9. We used 19-item clinical knee assessment questionnaire including “crossed leg” item for unique sedentary culture in eastern countries. Each item was evaluated on a Likert scale from 0 to 4 (0: not relevant, 1: relevant, 2: little important, 3: somewhat important, 4: very important). We also used another questionnaire regarding to patient's demographics. Score of all expectation was calculated by sum of all item score.Introduction:
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Adequate rotation of femoral component in total knee arthroplasty(TKR) is mandatory for preventing numerous adverse sequelae. The transepicondylar axis has been a well-accepted reference for femoral component rotation in the measured resection technique. In this technique, measured resection is performed referenced off the tibial cut - perpendicular to the tibial mechanical axis with the knee in 90 ° of flexion. However, to the best of our knowledge, it is not known whether this technique apply well to a knee with tibia vara. This study evaluates the reliability of the transepicondylar axis as a rotational landmark in knees with tibia vara. We selected 101 osteoarthritis knees in 84 symptomatic patients(mean age: 69.24 ± 5.68) with proximal tibia vara (Group A). Group A was compared with 150 osteoarthritic knees without tibia vara in 122 symptomatic patients (mean age: 69.51 ± 6.01) (Group B). The guide line for selection of all these knees were based on the degree of tibia vara angle (TVA) which was formed by line perpendicular to epiphysis and by anatomical axis of the tibia - all measured in radiographs of the entire lower limb. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) axial images with most prominent part of both femoral condyles were used for measurement of transepicondylar axis(TE), anteroposterior axis(AP) and posterior condylar axis(PC).Background
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