@article{WeberBeckKlugetal.2023, author = {Weber, Patrick and Beck, Melina and Klug, Michael and Klug, Andreas and Klug, Alexander and Glowalla, Claudio and Gollwitzer, Hans}, title = {Survival of patient-specific unicondylar knee replacement}, series = {Journal of Personalized Medicine}, volume = {13}, journal = {Journal of Personalized Medicine}, number = {4}, issn = {2075-4426}, doi = {10.3390/jpm13040665}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-313650}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in isolated medial or lateral osteoarthritis leads to good clinical results. However, revision rates are higher in comparison to total knee arthroplasty (TKA). One reason is suboptimal fitting of conventional off-the-shelf prostheses, and major overhang of the tibial component over the bone has been reported in up to 20\% of cases. In this retrospective study, a total of 537 patient-specific UKAs (507 medial prostheses and 30 lateral prostheses) that had been implanted in 3 centers over a period of 10 years were analyzed for survival, with a minimal follow-up of 1 year (range 12 to 129 months). Furthermore, fitting of the UKAs was analyzed on postoperative X-rays, and tibial overhang was quantified. A total of 512 prostheses were available for follow-up (95.3\%). Overall survival rate (medial and lateral) of the prostheses after 5 years was 96\%. The 30 lateral UKAs showed a survival rate of 100\% at 5 years. The tibial overhang of the prosthesis was smaller than 1 mm in 99\% of cases. In comparison to the reported results in the literature, our data suggest that the patient-specific implant design used in this study is associated with an excellent midterm survival rate, particularly in the lateral knee compartment, and confirms excellent fitting.}, language = {en} } @article{HeinzMellerLuetkensetal.2023, author = {Heinz, Tizian and Meller, Felix and Luetkens, Karsten Sebastian and Anderson, Philip Mark and Stratos, Ioannis and Horas, Konstantin and Rudert, Maximilian and Reppenhagen, Stephan and Weißenberger, Manuel}, title = {The AMADEUS score is not a sufficient predictor for functional outcome after high tibial osteotomy}, series = {Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics}, volume = {10}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics}, doi = {10.1186/s40634-023-00575-2}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-357765}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Purpose The Area Measurement And Depth Underlying Structures (AMADEUS) classification system has been proposed as a valuable tool for magnetic resonance (MR)-based grading of preoperatively encountered chondral defects of the knee joint. However, the potential relationship of this novel score with clinical data was yet to determine. It was the primary intention of this study to assess the correlative relationship of the AMADEUS with patient reported outcome scores in patients undergoing medial open-wedge high tibial valgus osteotomy (HTO). Furthermore, the arthroscopic ICRS (International Cartilage Repair Society) grade evaluation was tested for correlation with the AMADEUS classification system. Methods This retrospective, monocentric study found a total of 70 individuals that were indicated for HTO due to degenerative chondral defects of the medial compartment between 2008 and 2019. A preoperative MR image as well as a pre-osteotomy diagnostic arthroscopy for ICRS grade evaluation was mandatory for all patients. The Knee Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) including its five subscale scores (KOOS-ADL, KOOS-QOL, KOOS-Sports, KOOS-Pain, KOOS-Symptoms) was obtained preoperatively and at a mean follow-up of 41.2 ± 26.3 months. Preoperative chondral defects were evaluated using the AMADEUS classification system and the final AMADEUS scores were correlated with the pre- and postoperative KOOS subscale sores. Furthermore, arthroscopic ICRS defect severity was correlated with the AMADEUS classification system. Results There was a statistically significant correlation between the AMADEUS BME (bone marrow edema) subscore and the KOOS Symptoms subscore at the preoperative visit (r = 0.25, p = 0.04). No statistically significant monotonic association between the AMADEUS total score and the AMADEUS grade with pre- and postoperative KOOS subscale scores were found. Intraoperatively obtained ICRS grade did reveal a moderate correlative relation with the AMADEUS total score and the AMADEUS grade (r = 0.28, p = 0.02). Conclusions The novel AMADEUS classification system largely lacks correlative capacity with patient reported outcome measures in patients undergoing HTO. The MR tomographic appearance of bone marrow edema is the only parameter predictive of the clinical outcome at the preoperative visit.}, language = {en} }