Evaluation of Consistency with Total Knee Arthroplasty Implants to Our Society With Three-Dimensional CT

Abstract

INTRODUCTION[|]Aim is to investigate the morphology of the knee of the people living in our country and to evaluate the harmony of the knee arthroplasty with their prosthetics, which are widely used in our country.[¤]METHODS[|]In this study, 200 patients, who had a CT taken for the angio of the lower extremity for various reasons, were included. Among 200 patients, 104 (52%) of them were male and 96 (48%) of them were female. Five different parameters from the proximal tibia and distal femur were used as evaluation criteria. After the measurements, the appropriate denture size for each denture brand was determined and the appropriate denture size and patient measurements were statistically evaluated.[¤]RESULTS[|]The femoral measurements of the patients and the femoral components of the prosthetics of the companies included in this study were not statistically compatible (p>0.05). Similarly, the tibia measurements and tibial components of the prosthetics of the companies included were not statistically compatible (p>0.05).[¤]DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION[|]As a result of the metric evaluations, it was observed that there was no harmony between the size of knee prosthetic brands and the anthropometric values of living people in our country.[¤]

Keywords

• anthropometry
• knee arthroplasty
• prosthesis
• tomography