Interchangeability of patellar height measurement using the Insall–Salvati ratio at 0° and 30° of knee flexion during weightbearing in total knee arthroplasty
摘要
To analyze the correlation and degree of agreement between the patellar heights measured at knee flexion of 0° and 30° before and after total knee arthroplasties (TKA) without patellar resurfacing.
MethodsOne hundred primary TKAs with nonresurfaced patella were prospectively evaluated. We measured the Insall–Salvati ratio (ISR), modified ISR (mISR), Blackburne-Peel ratio (BPR), and Caton-Deschamps ratio (CDR) in weightbearing true lateral radiograph at knee flexion of 0° and 30°. The correlations between the patellar height measured at knee flexion of 0° and 30° were analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis. The degree of agreement between the patellar heights in knee flexion angles of 0° and 30° was analyzed using the limits of agreement (LoA) of Bland–Altman analysis; a difference of < ± 0.2 between the measurements at knee flexion of 0° and 30° was deemed clinically acceptable.
ResultsVery strong correlations existed between the pre- and postoperative ISR (r = 0.826 and 0.823, p < 0.001, respectively), and the preoperative mISR (r = 0.802, p < 0.001) measured between knee flexion angles of 0° and 30°. Strong correlation was observed in the other pre- and postoperative measurements. The range between upper and lower LoAs of the ISR measured at knee flexion of 0° and 30° was < ± 0.20 preoperatively (−0.174 ~ 0.155) and postoperatively (−0.181 ~ 0.174), while the ranges for all other measurements did not lie within the clinically acceptable range.
ConclusionsThe ISR measured at 0° or 30° of knee flexion during weightbearing can be interchanged reasonably before and after TKA. Although knee flexion of 30° is the standard, lateral radiograph of 0° flexion can be a reasonable alternative for evaluating patellar height using the ISR.
Level of Evidence: Level II.