TY - JOUR
T1 - Morphometrical measurements of resected surface of femurs in Chinese knees
T2 - Correlation to the sizing of current femoral implants
AU - Ho, Wei Pin
AU - Cheng, Cheng Kung
AU - Liau, Jiann Jong
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Council, ROC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Morphometrical data were measured in the resected femurs of seventy Chinese patients who underwent total knee arthroplasties. Two measured parameters, the anterior-posterior length of the lateral condyle and the total width of the distal condyle, were compared to the anterior-posterior length and the medial-lateral width of five femoral implants currently used in Taiwan. Three implants (Duracon, NexGen and UKnee) have a larger medial-lateral width than the total width of the resected distal condyle for a given femoral implant anterior-posterior length. These implants tend to overhang the medial-lateral width of resected femurs from Chinese patients. In addition, one femoral implant (Duracon), which has previously been shown to be suitable for use in Caucasian patients, is not suitable in Chinese patients. Our results will allow manufacturers to design femoral implants better suited to Chinese patients.
AB - Morphometrical data were measured in the resected femurs of seventy Chinese patients who underwent total knee arthroplasties. Two measured parameters, the anterior-posterior length of the lateral condyle and the total width of the distal condyle, were compared to the anterior-posterior length and the medial-lateral width of five femoral implants currently used in Taiwan. Three implants (Duracon, NexGen and UKnee) have a larger medial-lateral width than the total width of the resected distal condyle for a given femoral implant anterior-posterior length. These implants tend to overhang the medial-lateral width of resected femurs from Chinese patients. In addition, one femoral implant (Duracon), which has previously been shown to be suitable for use in Caucasian patients, is not suitable in Chinese patients. Our results will allow manufacturers to design femoral implants better suited to Chinese patients.
KW - Knee dimensions
KW - Morphometrical measurement
KW - Resected femur
KW - Total knee arthroplasty
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U2 - 10.1016/j.knee.2005.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.knee.2005.05.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 16122927
AN - SCOPUS:29244477834
SN - 0968-0160
VL - 13
SP - 12
EP - 14
JO - Knee
JF - Knee
IS - 1
ER -