Introduction. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the patient's perceived outcome and speed of recovery differs between a posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) substituting (cam-post type) and
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical and radiological results after total knee arthroplasty(TKA) with
The aim of this study is to print 3D polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds at high and low temperature (HT/LT) combined with salt leaching to induced porosity/larger pore size and improve material degradation without compromising cellular activity of printed scaffolds.
Background. To prevent excessive tension on the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty (CR-TKA), some knee prosthesis-systems offer the option of creating a posterior slope for the tibial polyethylene insert. Vanguard® Complete Knee System offers two different types of tibial bearing for CR. -TKA. CR Lipped Bearing (LB) has a slightly raised posterior lip, whereas CR Standard Bearing (SB) is recessed downward at the posterior margin and has 3° posterior slope. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the tibial bearing slope on
Bioactive glasses, such as 45S5 Bioglass (BG), have been shown to promote bone ingrowth both in vitro and in vivo. The goal of this study was to analyze the effect of a high dose of BG (20%) in Direct Ink Writing (DIW)-produced controlled-geometry PCL-BG composite scaffolds in both their mechanical and biological performance. Porous cubes of 5 × 5 × 5 mm, 50% porosity and pore size and strut diameter of 400 µm were fabricated in a 3D-Bioplotter (EnvisionTec) to investigate their biological performance (n = 3). Additionally, cylindrical specimens (10 mm diameter; 15 mm height) with same internal structure were fabricated for mechanical testing (n = 6). The cylindrical specimens were tested by compression in a universal testing machine (ZwickRoell) with a 10 kN load cell. The tests were performed at 1.00 mm/min with extensometers in both sides. For biological characterization, scaffolds were sterilized in 70% ethanol overnight and pre-incubated with DMEM for 1 hour at room temperature. 1×10. 5. human gingival mesenchymal stem cells (hGMSCs) in 50 µl DMEM were seeded on the scaffolds using agarose molds to improve cell adhesion, and cultured in standard cell-culture conditions for 3, 7 and 14 days. To measure cell proliferation, the reagent CellTiter 96® AQueous One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay (MTS, Promega) was added to the cell-seeded scaffolds at each time point, using non-seeded scaffolds as blank controls. The OD (490 nm) was measured in a BioTek 800 TS plate reader. Both the apparent elastic modulus and yield stress were significantly lower in the scaffolds with 20% BG than their
Combined anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) disruptions are uncommon orthopaedic injuries. They are usually caused by high- or low-velocity knee dislocations. Because knee dislocations might spontaneously reduce before initial evaluation, the true incidence is unknown. Dislocation involves injury to multiple ligaments of the knee. Both of the cruciate ligaments are usually disrupted, and they are often combined with a third ligamentous disruption (medial collateral ligament or lateral collateral ligament and/or posterior lateral complex). Associated neurovascular, meniscal, and osteochondral injuries are often present and complicate treatment. Classification Knee dislocations are classified by relating the position of the displaced tibia on the femur; anterior, posterior, medial, lateral, or rotational. Both cruciate ligaments might be disrupted in all these injuries. A rotatory knee dislocation occurs around one of the collateral ligaments (LCL) leading to a combined ACL and
Background. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the highly developed procedure for sever osteoarthritic knee, in which there are two major concepts; Cruciate Retaining design (CR) and Posterior Stabilized design (PS). The femoral roll back movement is enforced with the post-cam mechanism in the PS, however, this structure associates with the complications, i.e. wear and dislocation. The CR has been developed to obtain the knee stability with native posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in TKA. However, the preservation of the
Introduction. Achieving proper ligament tension in knee flexion within posterior cruciate retaining (CR) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has long been associated with clinical success. Ligament balance has been achieved through specific surgical technique steps. No prior study evaluated the possible effects of varying levels of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) release on femorotibial contact location and
Introduction: Total knee replacement (TKR) is an established and successful treatment option for symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee. Arthroplasty surgeons, however, continue to debate the merits of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) preservation or resection. Published literature on this subject has not demonstrated a significant clinical difference in outcome in matched subjects. Deliberate
Background: Correct ligament balance is a critical factor in both cruciate retaining and substituting total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Due to a lack in current tools, however, little data exists on gap kinematics with the patella is in its anatomical position and with the ligaments tensed. The objective of this study was to quantify the effects of the patellar position and
Background. There are some critical points of Cruciate retaining (CR) TKA. We recognized that it is one of the most important issue how to manage for release of
Objective:. Accurate measurement of the extension and flexion gap is important in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Particularly, the flexion gap may be influenced by several factors; therefore, tension of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), knee extensor mechanism, and the thigh weight may need to be considered while estimating the flexion gap. However, there is no comprehensive study on the flexion gap, including an assessment of the influence of gravity on the gap. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of posterior
cruciate ligament (PCL) retention,
Contemporary knee implants use a variety of methods to control tibiofemoral motions. Posterior stabilized implants have a post and cam to force the femur posterior with flexion. Most posterior cruciate retaining designs rely solely on this ligament and symmetric tibial surfaces to control tibiofemoral translations. However, many studies have demonstrated poor control of tibiofemoral motion in
Aims: It is well known that the success of an orthopedic implant is determined by a close apposition between bone and implant surface. The excellent physical properties and the controlled degradation of poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL) has been shown, however the suitability for bone engineering applications of a material is critically influenced by the interactions between cells and scaffold. The aim of this study was to evaluate the interaction between bone marrow cells and
Introduction. While clinically successful for decades, CR TKA is persistently compromised by inconsistent
Introduction. Recently, tibial insert design of cruciate-substituting (CS) polyethylene insert is employed and widely used. However, in vivo kinematics of using CS polyethylene insert is still unclear. In this study, it is hypothesized that CS polyethylene insert leads to stability of femoro-tibial joint as well as posterior-stabilized (PS) polyethylene insert, even if
Introduction. After total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with a PCL-retaining implant the location of the tibiofemoral contact point should be restored in order to obtain normal kinematics. The difficulty during surgery is to control this location since the position of the femur on the tibia cannot easily be measured from the back of the joint. Therefore, we developed a simple “spacer technique” to check the contact point indirectly in 90° flexion after all bone cuts are made by measuring the step-off between the distal cut of the femur and the anterior edge of the tibia with a spacer in place. The goal of this experiment was to investigate whether this new
We undertook a study of 52 knees in 34 patients who underwent a cruciate retaining total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for severely deformed knees. At an average follow up of 12 years the knees were evaluated clinically and radiologically by means of stress radiographs and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to assess the functional status of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). The knee scores showed a consistent and sustained improvement over the pre-operative levels. Stress radiographs did not show any posterior translation of the tibia. In 43 knees an intact