Computer assisted versus conventional cemented total knee prostheses alignment accuracy and micromotion of the tibial component
Open Access
- 29 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Orthopaedics
- Vol. 33 (5), 1255-1261
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-008-0642-8
Abstract
We evaluated the influence of CT-free or CT-based computer assisted orthopaedic surgery (CAOS) on the alignment of total knee prostheses (TK) and micromotion of tibial components. This randomised study compared 19 CT-free, 17 CT-based CAOS TK, and a matched control group of 21 conventionally placed TK. Using Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (RSA) the migration was measured. The alignment and component positions were measured on radiographs. No significant difference in leg and tibial component alignment was present between the three groups. A significant difference was found for micromotion in subsidence, with the conventional group having a mean of 0.16 mm, compared to the CT-free group at 0.01 mm and the CT-based group at −0.05 mm. No clinical significant difference in alignment was found between CAOS and conventionally operated TK. More subsidence of the tibial component was seen in the conventional group compared to both CAOS groups at two year follow-up.Keywords
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