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ArticleJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma

Accuracy of medial-side cutting guide compared to anterior cutting guide in distal femoral osteotomy of total knee arthroplasty.

Khanin Iamthanaporn, Varah Yuenyongviwat, Teeranan Laohawiriyakamol, Pramot Tanutit

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  1. Posteromedial vertical capsulotomy selectively increases the extension gap in posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020
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Khanin IamthanapornDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Varah YuenyongviwatDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Teeranan LaohawiriyakamolDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Pramot TanutitDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.

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Abstract

introductionMinimally invasive surgery (MIS) in total knee arthroplasty has the benefits of less postoperative pain and a faster recovery time. An MIS instrument was designed to help surgeons perform this procedure under reduced visualization conditions. A medial cutting guide of the distal femur is used to cut the distal femoral bone without patella subluxation. This study aimed to compare the accuracy of the distal femoral bone cut between the medial and standard anterior cutting guides. MATERIALS AND

methodsTwo orthopedic surgeons, who specialize in total knee arthroplasty and are familiar with both of these cutting guides, performed the procedures. Forty-eight synthetic saw bones were used, and five-degree valgus medial and anterior cutting guides were randomly assigned to the surgeons. After the osteotomies were performed, the synthetic saw bones were investigated via plain radiographs. Two independent radiologists measured the medial distal femoral angle (MDFA) and the posterior distal femoral angle (PDFA).

resultsThe MDFA in the medial cutting group was statistically significantly different from that of the anterior cutting group (94.18° ± 1.47° vs. 94.98° ± 1.14°,

conclusionsIn this experimental study, the MIS medial cutting guide was less accurate than the standard cutting guide in the distal femoral cut.

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Cutting errorCutting guideMinimally invasive surgeryTotal knee replacement

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PMID30705538
PMCPMC6349664

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