TY - JOUR
T1 - Bearing thickness of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is a reliable predictor of tibial bone loss during revision to total knee arthroplasty
AU - Lo Presti, Mirco
AU - Costa, Giuseppe Gianluca
AU - Grassi, Alberto
AU - Agrò, Giuseppe
AU - Cialdella, Sergio
AU - Vasco, Cosimo
AU - Neri, Maria Pia
AU - Cucurnia, Ilaria
AU - Zaffagnini, Stefano
N1 - Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - BACKGROUND: Bone defects during revision procedures for failed UKA represent a challenge even for the most experienced surgeons; therefore, an accurate preoperative planning remains essential to prevent dramatic scenarios in the surgical theatre.HYPOTHESIS: Our hypothesis is that bearing thickness used in original UKA represents a reliable predictor of severe tibial bone loss, requiring a metallic augment or constrained implant, during revision to TKA.PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-two patients who underwent a total knee arthroplasty from failed UKA were identified from our institutional database and evaluated clinically using the Knee Society Score (KSS). A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed using the presence of tibial augments or the need of varus-valgus constrained (VVC) prosthesis as depend variables, and patients' gender, age at revision procedure, side (medial or lateral), UKA tibial tray (all-polyethylene or metal back), bearing thickness (composite thicknesses of the metal-backed tray and insert or all-polyethylene tibial component ≤8mm or more than 8mm) and cause of failed UKA as independent variables.RESULTS: A posterior-stabilized prosthesis was used in 27 cases (64.3%). An augment was necessary in 12 patients (28.6%). Initial bearing thickness greater than 8mm was associated with greater likelihood of a VVC implant (OR=11.78, 95% CI, 1.6583 to 83.6484, p=0.0137) and a tibial augment (OR=9.59, 95% CI, 1.327 to 69.395, p=0.0251). Tibial tray design, patients' gender or age during revision surgery, side or cause of failure were not associated to increased risk of augmentation or constrained implants.DISCUSSION: Surgeons should be aware of the particular challenges that the conversion of a UKA to a TKA presents and be prepared to address them intraoperatively, with particular care to proper bone loss manage. Satisfying results can be achieved at mid-to-long term follow-up, if these procedures are planned accurately, and a precise analysis of failed UKA components, in particular bearing thickness, represents a helpful support in this context.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV, retrospective case series.
AB - BACKGROUND: Bone defects during revision procedures for failed UKA represent a challenge even for the most experienced surgeons; therefore, an accurate preoperative planning remains essential to prevent dramatic scenarios in the surgical theatre.HYPOTHESIS: Our hypothesis is that bearing thickness used in original UKA represents a reliable predictor of severe tibial bone loss, requiring a metallic augment or constrained implant, during revision to TKA.PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-two patients who underwent a total knee arthroplasty from failed UKA were identified from our institutional database and evaluated clinically using the Knee Society Score (KSS). A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed using the presence of tibial augments or the need of varus-valgus constrained (VVC) prosthesis as depend variables, and patients' gender, age at revision procedure, side (medial or lateral), UKA tibial tray (all-polyethylene or metal back), bearing thickness (composite thicknesses of the metal-backed tray and insert or all-polyethylene tibial component ≤8mm or more than 8mm) and cause of failed UKA as independent variables.RESULTS: A posterior-stabilized prosthesis was used in 27 cases (64.3%). An augment was necessary in 12 patients (28.6%). Initial bearing thickness greater than 8mm was associated with greater likelihood of a VVC implant (OR=11.78, 95% CI, 1.6583 to 83.6484, p=0.0137) and a tibial augment (OR=9.59, 95% CI, 1.327 to 69.395, p=0.0251). Tibial tray design, patients' gender or age during revision surgery, side or cause of failure were not associated to increased risk of augmentation or constrained implants.DISCUSSION: Surgeons should be aware of the particular challenges that the conversion of a UKA to a TKA presents and be prepared to address them intraoperatively, with particular care to proper bone loss manage. Satisfying results can be achieved at mid-to-long term follow-up, if these procedures are planned accurately, and a precise analysis of failed UKA components, in particular bearing thickness, represents a helpful support in this context.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV, retrospective case series.
KW - Augmentation
KW - Bone loss
KW - Revision
KW - UKA
KW - Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
U2 - 10.1016/j.otsr.2019.12.018
DO - 10.1016/j.otsr.2019.12.018
M3 - Article
C2 - 32253136
VL - 106
SP - 429
EP - 434
JO - Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research
JF - Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research
SN - 1877-0568
IS - 3
ER -