Abstract

MARTINEZ, Saúl; RON-TRANSLATEUR, Tamy; CANTOR, Erika  and  PALACIO, Julio C.. Resuperficialización de la rótula en el reemplazo primario total de rodilla: estudio comparativo a dos años de seguimiento. Rev. Asoc. Argent. Ortop. Traumatol. [online]. 2022, vol.87, n.6, pp.798-803. ISSN 1852-7434.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2022.87.6.1453.

Objective: To compare the functional outcomes of total knee replacement (TKR) with and without patellar resurfacing at two years of follow-up. Materials and Methods: We carried out a retrospective observational study of patients with osteoarthritis who had undergone TKR with or without patellar resurfacing between January 2014 and December 2016 in two hospitals in Colombia. All patients received a cemented Exactech Optetrak prosthesis. Function was evaluated before surgery and after two years of follow-up with the Knee Society Score (KSS), Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and Oxford Knee Score (OKS). Results: A total of 206 TKRs were included, 94 in the group with resurfacing and 112 in the group without resurfacing. The mean age was 66.9 ± 9.7 years and 76.7% (n = 155) were female. Surgical time was longer in the group with resurfacing with a median of 100 minutes (Interquartile range-IQR: 90-110) compared to 85 minutes in the group without resurfacing (IQR: 70-90), p <0.001). Although functional improvement was observed before and after TKR in both groups, the change in clinical KSS, functional KSS, and OKS scores before and after TKR was better in the resurfacing group (p <0.05). Conclusion: Patellar resurfacing during TKR was associated with better functional outcomes at two years of follow-up. However, patients without resurfacing also reported functional improvement after TKR.

Keywords : Patellar resurfacing; osteoarthritis; total knee replacement; function.

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