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PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to report the usability of autogenous bone graft with bone peg in total knee arthroplasty in the patients with tibial medial bone defect from osteoarthritis due to severe varus deformity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From July 1998 to December 2000, fifteen total knee arthroplasties with autogenous bone graft were performed for the medial tibial bone defects. The proximal tibia was resected and then bone pegs which were prepared from resected portion of distal femur and proximal tibia were inserted into the defect site with the shape of peg in the anterior posterior view using press fitting method. Instead of applying screw or K-wire, we performed press-fitting method for early stability. For attaining the stability, we preserved the sclerotic rim and designed precisely the bony defect site. We reviewed the result using the HSS Knee Rating Scale and observed the radiologic change. RESULTS: In HSS Knee Rating Scale review, 52.4 of preoperative score was improved to 84.7 at postoperative 1 year. Tibio-femoral angle , the average 17.8 degrees of varus was improved to the average 5.8 degrees of valgus at 1 year postoperatively. The average union period was 5 months, and there was no evidence of the displacement of grafted bone and loosening of the inserted implants. CONCLUSION: The method of autogenous bone graft applied with bone peg could be supposed as the stable fixation method without using screws or K-wires.
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Humans , Arthroplasty , Congenital Abnormalities , Femur , Knee , Osteoarthritis , Tibia , TransplantsABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: In patients with coronary artery disease, dysfunctional hypoperfused myocardium at rest may represent either nonviable or viable hibernating myocardium. Two-dimensional echocardiography can detect regional wall motion abnormalities resulting from myocardial ischemia by dobutamine infusion. The purpose of the present study was to identify the prediction of improvement of regional left ventricular (LV) function after surgical revascularization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen patients with chronic regional LV dysfunction underwent dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) (dobutamine: baseline, 5, 10, 20microgram/kg/min) before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and underwent echocardiography at least 2 months after CABG. RESULTS: All patients were male with mean age of 58 years ranging from 42 to 73 years. The mean LV ejection fraction was 41.8% with a range from 19% to 55%. During DSE, there were no complications, also, there were no operative morbidities or mortalities. Improvement of wall motion within the dysfunctional myocardium was found in 8 (50%) of 16 patients in DSE. Among them, 6 patients (75%) showed functional recovery after CABG. Another 8 patients did not show improvement of wall motion in DSE. But among them, 3 patients (38%) showed functional recovery after CABG. 84 dysfunctional segments were found in 256 segments of 16 patients. Improvement of wall motion was found in 34 of 84 segments in DSE. Among them, 23 segments (74%) showed functional recovery after CABG. Another 53 segments did not show improvement of wall motion in DSE. But among them, 12 segments (23%) showed functional recovery after CABG. The sensitivity and specificity of DSE for the prediction of postoperative improvement of segmental wall motion were 66% and 84%, respectively. The positive and negative predictive value of DSE were 74% and 77%, respectively. In patients with chronic regional LV dysfunction, think that DSE is a good predictor of the improvement of dysfunctional segments after CABG.