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Rationale
The basic goals of unicompartmental
knee arthroplasty are to improve limb
alignment and function, and to reduce
pain. Routinely, an effort is made to
minimize disruption of the surrounding
soft tissue during the procedure. The
development of instruments specifically
designed to be used through a smaller
exposure has had a significant impact
on this effort.
Accurate limb alignment is described
by the mechanical axis of the lower
extremity, which is a straight line
running from the center of the femoral
head to the center of the ankle. When
the center of the knee lies on this
mechanical axis (the point between
the two tibial spines), the knee is
said to be in neutral alignment.
Unicompartmental knee disease
typically reduces the joint space in
the affected compartment, causing
a malalignment of the joint.
Full correction of the malalignment
would return the knee to neutral
alignment (Fig. 1).
The alignment goals for
unicompartmental arthroplasty differ
from those that are customary in an
osteotomy where overcorrection is
desirable to displace the weight-
bearing forces away from the
diseased compartment. In contrast,
when adjusting limb alignment in
a unicompartmental procedure, it
is particularly important to avoid
overcorrection of the limb as this may
increase the stress in the contralateral
compartment and heighten the
potential for cartilaginous breakdown.
Studies of unicompartmental
procedures have shown that slight
undercorrection of the limb alignment
correlates to long-term survivorship.
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It is important to recognize that the
methods used to adjust alignment
in TKA are very different from those
used in unicompartmental arthroplasty.
In TKA, the angle of the femoral
and tibial cuts determines the
postoperative varus/valgus alignment.
In UKA, the angle of the cuts does
not affect varus/valgus alignment.
Instead, postoperative varus/valgus
alignment is determined by the
composite thickness of the prosthetic
unicompartmental components. The
amount of tibial bone resection is
variable, while the amount of distal
femoral bone resection is constant.
The mechanical axis of the femur is
represented by a line between the
center of the femoral head and the
intercondylar notch at the knee. In
the IM technique, the angle between
the mechanical axis of the femur
and the anatomic axis of the femur
is measured, and then used to
determine the angle of the distal
femoral resection.
The resection guide is inserted into
the femoral canal so the distal femoral
cut is based off the anatomic axis.
The cutting block is then attached to
the resection guide and positioned
to reproduce the desired angle. This
results in a distal femoral cut that is
perpendicular to the mechanical axis
of the femur, with the intention of
being parallel to the tibial cut.
Spacer Block Option
The Spacer Block option provides an
alternate extramedullary method for
resecting the distal femoral condyle
after the IM technique. After resecting
the tibia, the Spacer Block is inserted
into the joint space with the chosen
tibial thickness, the Distal Femoral
Resector is then attached to the Spacer
Block, providing a linked cut, and to
help ensure that the proximal tibial cut
and distal femoral cut are parallel.
Preop
Neutral Alignment
(Fully Corrected)
Mecha
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Transverse
Axis
Malalignment
Fig. 1