Factors Affecting Wear of Constrained Polyethylene Tibial Inserts in Total Knee Arthroplasty

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• 作者：Hee-Nee Pang ; MBBS ; MRCS (Edin) ; MMed (Ortho) ; FRCS (Edin)^a ; ^b ; Hamid Rahmatullah Bin Abd Razak ; MBBS ; MRCS (Glasg) ; MMed (Ortho) ; Dip SpMed^a ; ; Paul Jamiecson^b ; Matthew G. Teeter ; BSc ; PhD^b ; Douglas D.R. Naudie ; MD ; FRCSC^b ; Steven J. MacDonald ; MD ; FRCSC^b
• 关键词：constrained ; polyethylene ; wear ; VVC ; PE ; revision
• 刊名：The Journal of Arthroplasty
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：31
• 期：6
• 页码：1340-1345
• 全文大小：601 K

文摘

Wear in posterior-stabilized (PS) polyethylene tibial inserts depends on component position, limb alignment, and ligament balancing. Valgus-varus constrained (VVC) inserts are likely to be affected similarly. We aimed to compare wear characteristics of VVC and PS inserts and identify associated factors.

Methods

This was a retrieval analysis (macroscopic and radiographic) of all 18 VVC liners collected from patients who underwent revision surgery from 1999 to 2011. These patients were matched to another group with PS inserts who underwent revision in the same time period.

Results

There was significantly more damage in the posts of the VVC group (13.0 ± 5.0, compared to 4.7 ± 1.9 in the PS group; P < .001). Within the VVC group, the total damage score and cold flow damage were significantly higher with excessive joint line changes (&ge;5 mm; P = .01). The excessive joint line elevation was associated with rotational wear pattern of the post (P = .004). Damage scores were increased with femoral component malposition (P = .04), anterior tibial slope (P = .04), and tibial component malposition (P = .04).

Conclusion

Joint line elevation, femoral and tibial component malposition, and anterior tibial slope resulted in significantly more wear in the VVC inserts. Joint line elevation of &gt;5 mm resulted in wear of the medial and lateral aspects of the post, femoral valgus resulted in cold flow wear of the anterior post, and tibial valgus and anterior slope resulted in wear of lateral aspect of the post.