ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2025
Coronal axis deviations in medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty failures: an imaging study of patients revised for aseptic loosening.
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- Radiolucent lines after robotic-assisted surface-matching kinematically aligned UKA: short-term incidence and lack of association with tibial alignment.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Article
- The effect of mechanical axis correction on clinical outcomes after unicondylar knee arthroplasty.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
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purposeAseptic loosening remains a leading cause of revision in medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA). This imaging study aimed to identify recurrent patterns of coronal alignment deviation in patients undergoing revision to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to explore whether subtle malalignment may contribute to biomechanical failure.
methodsImaging of patients who underwent revision surgery of a medial UKA to TKA for aseptic loosening of the tibial or femoral component was retrieved. Lower limb axes were evaluated using anteroposterior plain radiographs of the leg using the software MediCAD Knie 2D (mediCAD Hectec GmbH, Altdorf, Germany). The radiographic axes of revised patients were compared with established reference values, as defined by the MediCAD Knie 2D software and published literature, to identify common alignment patterns potentially associated with aseptic loosening.
resultsData from 62 patients were analysed. Before the revision surgery, the joint line convergence angle (JLCA, P = 0.002) and the anatomical-mechanical angle (AMA, P < 0.0001) were statistically significantly greater than the corresponding reference values. In contrast, the mechanical lateral distal femoral angle (mLDFA, P < 0.0001), the mechanical and anatomical medial proximal tibial angle (mMPTA and aMPTA, P < 0.0001), and the mechanical and anatomical lateral distal tibial angle (mLDTA and aLDTA, P < 0.0001) were significantly lower than reference. No statistically significant difference was found in the mechanical lateral proximal femoral angle (mLPFA, P = 0.9) or in the mechanical axis deviation (MAD, P = 0.5) when compared to normative data.
conclusionOur cohort of patients revised from medial UKA to TKA for aseptic loosening frequently exhibited consistent deviations in lower limb alignment, particularly increased AMA and JLCA, and reduced mLDFA, mMPTA, and mLDTA. These subtle but recurrent patterns may alter load distribution across the medial compartment, contributing to implant micromotion and loosening. A detailed preoperative axis assessment may help identify patients at a higher biomechanical risk.
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