Progress on prevention for anterior knee pain after primary total knee arthroplasty / 中国骨伤

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) identified as an effective treatment for ultimate knee joint disease can effectively relieve pain, correct deformity, improve knee function and enhance the quality of life of patients. Patient satisfaction has been increasingly considered as an important factor in evaluating the success of primary TKA. Anterior knee pain that usually appears in the region of the anterior knee is a recognized complaint for primary TKA and has a strong impact on the improvement of knee function and patient satisfaction of primary TKA. Accordingly, the relief of anterior knee pain has become one of the primary goals of primary TKA. At present, soft tissue lesions around the patellar caused by patellar maltracking and the elevation of internal pressure in subchondral bone because of the high contact stress of patellofemoral joint are both considered as the mechanism of anterior knee pain. For the past few years,on increasing number of studies have focused on the prevention of anterior knee pain following primary TKA. However, none of the past treatment such as patellar resurfacing, patellar denervation without patellar resurfacing or a mobile-bearing prosthesis has a good and affirmative effect on it. The prevention and treatment of anterior knee pain following primary TKA still is a difficult solved problem. To address this problem, we need further researches about the cause of anterior knee pain, knee joint prosthesis and biomechanics of patellofemoral joint, as well as lots of randomized controlled trials.

Treatment of adult early femur head necrosis with the tantalum screw / 中国骨伤

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate a new method for the treatment adult early femur head necrosis in order to avoid further collapse and necrosis and improve the clinical symptoms.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From January 2009 to June 2010, 10 hips of 9 patients, including 7 males and 2 females, aged from 29 to 63 years old (averaged 44.1), with femur head necrosis were treated with implantation of the tantalum screw. The X-ray film, CT scan and MRI were performed before operation. According to Steinberg staging, stage I was in 1 case (1 hip), stage II a in 4 cases(5 hips), stage II b in 4 cases (4 hip). With the C-arm X-ray conducted guide, wire was drilled into the center of femur head necrosis regions from the greater trochanter bottom, hollow bodkin enlarged marrow along the guide wire, scraped necrosis sequestrum, transplanted bone if necessary,then implantated the appropriate tantalum screw to prop up the articular surface. The patients were followed up at 3rd, 6th, 9th month postoperatively, the clinical effects were evaluated according to the JOA criteria, and the changes of the femoral head were observed by X-rays.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The mean operative time was 50 min (ranged from 40 to 60 min); the mean blood loss was 80 ml (ranged from 60 to 100 ml). There was no complications, such as postoperative infection, fracture, deep vein thrombosis and so on. All patients were followed up more than 9 months. No aggravation in collapse and necrosis were found by regular X-ray examination. Post-operative JOA score increased month by month. JOA scores increased obviously from preoperative (31.30 +/- 19.63) to (54.10 +/- 13.20), (69.90 +/- 15.04), (87.00 +/- 8.83) at the 3,6,9 months after operation, respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The tantalum screw implantation is simple and effective for the treatment of adult early femur head necrosis, and can effectively avoid collapse of necrotic area, the results were satisfactory in the near future.</p>