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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXXVIII | Pages 191 - 191
1 Sep 2012
Wiewiorski M Miska M Leumann A Studler U Valderrabano V
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Purpose

Osteochondral lesions (OCL) of the talus remain a challenging therapeutic task to orthopaedic surgeons. Several operative techniques are available for treatment, e.g. autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), osteochondral autograft transfer system (OATS), matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI).

Good early results are reported; however, disadvantages are sacrifice of healthy cartilage of another joint or necessity of a two-stage procedure. This case describes a novel, one-step operative treatment of OCL of the talus utilizing the autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis (AMIC) technique in combination with a collagen I/III membrane.

Method

20 patients (8 female, 12 male; mean age 36, range 17–55 years) were assessed in our outpatient clinic for unilateral OCL of the talus. Preoperative assessment included the AOFAS hindfoot scale, conventional radiography, magnetresonancetomography (MRI) and SPECT-CT. Surgical procedure consisted of debridement of the OCL, spongiosa plasty from the iliac crest and coverage with the I/III collagen membrane (Chondrogide, Geistlich Biomaterials, Wolhusen, Switzerland). Clinical and radiological followup was performed after one year.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXXVIII | Pages 44 - 44
1 Sep 2012
Kosashvili Y Lakstein D Studler U Ben-lulu O Safir O Gross AE Backstein D
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Purpose

The literature indicates that the tibial component in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) should be placed in internal rotation not exceeding 18 to the line connecting the geometrical center of the proximal tibia and the middle of the tibial tuberosity. These landmarks may not be easily identifiable intraoperatively. Moreover, an angle of 18 is difficult to measure with the naked eye.

Method

The angle at the intersection of lines from the middle of the tibial tuberosity and from its medial border to the tibial geometric center was measured in 50 patients with normal tibia. The geometric center was determined on an axial CT slice at 10mm below the lateral tibial plateau and transposed to a slice at the level of the most prominent part of the tibial tuberosity.

Similar measurements were performed in 25 patients after TKA in order to simulate the intra operative appearance of the tibia after making its proximal resection.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 93-B, Issue SUPP_IV | Pages 552 - 552
1 Nov 2011
Geddes CR Studler U Deslandes M White L Sussman M Theodoropoulos J
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Purpose: In evaluating injury severity of acute medial collateral ligament (MCL) injuries, the current standard is to perform a history and physical examination and static MRI of the injured joint. With recent advances in dynamic MR imaging technology, we hypothesized that concurrent physical examination and dynamic MRI of the knee joint in patients with acute MCL injuries is feasible and would provide new insight into the injured joint kinematics while correlating to clinical and diagnostic imaging criteria for injury severity.

Method: 10 patients (5 male, 5 female) with isolated, unilateral, acute MCL injuries were prospectively enrolled in the study. An orthopedic surgeon performed initial physical examination and clinical grading. Dynamic MRI with concurrent physical examination was performed in a 1.5T wide-bore magnet and compared to the uninjured knee as a control. The dynamic MR imaging data was compared with morphologic MCL changes on static MRI, with dynamic examination of the contralateral knee and with the clinical grading of MCL injury. The width of the medial joint space and the opening angle between the femur and tibia were measured.

Results: Clinically, one patient had grade 1 and nine had grade 2 injuries. Using morphologic MRI criteria there were nine grade 2 and one grade 3 injuries. Mean and median medial opening angles of all affected knees was 2.8/2.5 mm and 2.8/2.6°, respectively, as compared to 1.8/1.8 mm and 2.2/2.1° in the normal side. Measurements of medial joint-space opening showed little quantitative difference between grade 1, 2 and 3 injuries. Interobserver agreement (intraclass correlation coefficients) varied from 0.9 to 0.93.

Conclusion: Dynamic MR imaging with concurrent physical examination is feasible and correlates to clinical and morphologic grading of severity. Our study suggests that traditional clinical grading systems of MCL injuries overestimate medial joint space opening.