Background: High tibial osteotomy and many orthopedic surgical procedures around the knee joint requires precise preoperative planning. In-depth knowledge of the tibial plateau morphology is necessary to limit intraoperative complications like lateral hinge fracture. No studies were exploring the differences in proximal tibia surface geometry, in regards to gender and laterality, using a mathematical model. The aim of our study was to assess morphological differences in healthy knees using a three-dimensional mathematical model.Methods: Eighty-seven computed tomography examinations collected from 52 patients were selected for the study. The inclusion criteria were: age between 20 and 40 years, knee joint without visible deformities, no history of significant trauma to index knee, no history of systemic and chronic disorders. The average age of the included patients was 32.5±8.9 years old. For the calculation and comparisons, 45 right knee joints (18 females and 27 males) and 42 left knee joints (17 females and 25 males) were used.Results: The male tibial plateau was much larger than the female one, for the right (P=0.001) and left knees (P=0.001). Male knees showed much bigger variability in two-dimensional tibial plateau dimensions especially for the left knees (P=0.001), and there was also a marked difference in variability between sides in males. Three-dimensional variability was significant for medial condyles for both genders. Male knees had a statistically bigger (P=0.04) tibial plateau surface area for all measured condyles. Conclusions:The proximal tibial plateau showed in the designed mathematical models high variability in the two-dimensional and three-dimensional analysis. The males' knees presented great variability between sides and condyles. This finding must be considered during preoperative planning.
Evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is currently a gold standard for comprehensive posttraumatic assessment of the knee joint. Increasing availability of MR systems with stronger magnetic fields and new sequences results in higher resolution of images and thus allows imaging smaller and finer anatomical details, including different anatomical variations. This article focuses on anatomical variations of knee ligaments, which can mimics pathological structures. Well-known and less common ligaments that are sporadically observed and may raise the most doubt will be discussed. Familiarity with those variations of ligaments is indispensable for precise MRI reporting to avoid misinterpretation as meniscal tears, loose bodies or mass lesions especially in cases. This paper is addressed to both radiology and orthopaedics specialists. Illustrations show discussed ligaments in standard planes while, for less known ligaments, we add information on how to adjust planes to properly visualise a particular structure, which will hopefully facilitate finding and differentiating those structures in clinical practice.
Background The high tibial osteotomy (HTO) is an effective knee-saving procedure, which relieves arthritis symptoms and prolongs the life of the knee joint. This procedure requires detailed preoperative planning. Usually, the contralateral side is used as a template for this purpose. Some intra-operative complications made us thinking how exactly the degenerative disease alter the epiphysis if the tibia. Our study aimed to assess morphological differences between healthy knees and degenerative knees using a three-dimensional mathematical model. Methods Twenty-three computed tomography (CT) examinations were collected out of 237 individuals screened for inclusion/exclusion. The inclusion criteria were: age between 40 and 69 years, degenerative knees with visible varus deformation, and signs of radiological osteoarthritis (OA) in the knee joint (such as joint space narrowing, subchondral sclerosis, subchondral cyst formation, and osteophytes. The average age of the included patients was 56.2 years. Nine men’s and 14 women’s knee joints were used for the calculation and comparisons. Results Female varus knees showed much more significant variability in tibial plateau dimensions according to sides of the body than male ones. These differences were statistically significant (P=0.03). In comparison between the basal bone and bones with OA, variability in 3D dimensions was statistically significant only for lateral condyles in males’ right knees (P=0.025). Compared to the degenerative knees to the most average, healthy knees, there were significant differences in the measured surface area of males’ right knees for both condyles: for the medial P=0.0046, for lateral P=0.005. Male varus knees had a statistically more considerable (P=0.028) surface area for all measured condyles. Angles of inclination differ significantly between knees with OA and healthy knees in the male population for the medial condyle plateau in the left knees. The female population for the lateral condyle in left knees and the medial condyle in right knees. Conclusions The proximal tibial plateau deformation showed high variability in the two-dimensional and three-dimensional analysis in the designed mathematical models. This finding must be considered during preoperative planning.
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