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General Orthopaedics

ADVANCED OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE AND FOOT DEFORMITIES AND IMPACT OF TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON ITS CORRECTION: A PROSPECTIVE BLINDED STUDY

International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) meeting, 32nd Annual Congress, Toronto, Canada, October 2019. Part 1 of 2.



Abstract

Introduction

Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with end-stage osteoarthritis of knee have secondary foot and ankle pathology. Some compensatory changes occur at ankle and subtalar joint secondary to malalignment and deformity at the knee joint. Purpose was to evaluate the changes in hindfoot malalignment and foot deformities in patients with advanced osteoarthritis of knee requiring TKA and effect of correction of knee deformities post TKA on foot/Ankle alignment.

Methods

61 consecutive patients with Kellgren-Lawrence grade IV osteoarthritis knee undergoing TKA were enrolled in a prospective blinded study. Demographic data, deformities at knee and ankle, hindfoot malalignment and functional outcome scores such as VAS, KSS, WOMAC scores, Foot and Ankle Disability Index (FADI) and Foot posture index (FPI) were recorded preoperatively and postoperatively at 6, 12 weeks and final follow up (range: 6–21 months; mean: 14.2months).

Results

Statistically significant improvement was observed in KSS score, WOMAC score, FADI and FPI after TKA. There was improvement in ankle valgus after correction of knee varus deformity. Hind foot changes mainly occured at subtalar joint. Hallux valgus (10 patients), and Pesplanus (5 patients) were associated with advanced osteoarthritis of knee. Gait profile score and Gait deviation index improved significantly after TKA. There was increased stance phase and decreased stride length in knee osteoarthritis patients which improved after TKA.

Conclusion

Hind foot malalignment with foot deformities (hind foot valgus) occur secondary to knee malalignment and deformities (varus deformity) in advanced osteoarthritis of knee which subsequently improve following TKA.