LI Chao 1,2 , ZHANG Binbin 1 , LIU Xiangping 1 , LI Haiya 1 , ZHANG Jingtang 1 , WU Min 2
  • 1. Department of Orthopedics, Taihe County People’s Hospital, Fuyang Anhui, 236600, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu Anhui, 233000, P. R. China;
ZHANG Binbin, Email: 2005-zyb@163.com
Three-dimensional printing osteotomy guide plate; total knee arthroplasty; femoral implants; knee osteoarthritis
10.7507/1002-1892.202411104
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Objective To investigate the effectiveness of digital three-dimensional (3D) printing osteotomy guide plate assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients with femoral internal implants. Methods  The clinical data of 55 KOA patients who met the selection criteria between July 2021 and October 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 26 cases combined with femoral implants were treated with digital 3D printing osteotomy guide plate assisted TKA (guide plate group), and 29 cases were treated with conventional TKA (control group). There was no significant difference in gender, age, body mass index, side, Kellgren-Lawrence classification, preoperative visual analogue scale (VAS) score, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) knee score, knee range of motion, and other baseline data between the two groups (P>0.05). The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, incision length, postoperative first ambulation time, surgical complications; VAS score, knee HSS score, knee range of motion before operation, at 1 week and 3 months after operation, and at last follow-up; distal femoral lateral angle, proximal tibial medial angle, hip-knee-ankle angle and other imaging indicators at last follow-up were recorded and compared between the two groups. Results The operation time, incision length, intraoperative blood loss, and postoperative first ambulation time in the guide plate group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). In the control group, there were 1 case of incision rupture and bleeding and 1 case of lower limb intermuscular venous thrombosis, which was cured after symptomatic treatment. There was no complication such as neurovascular injury, incision infection, or knee prosthesis loosening in both groups. Patients in both groups were followed up 12-26 months, with an average of 16.25 months. The VAS score, HSS score, and knee range of motion improved at each time point after operation in both groups, and further improved with time after operation, the differences were significant (P<0.05). The above indicators in the guide plate group were significantly better than those in the control group at 1 week and 3 months after operation (P<0.05), and there was no significant difference between the two groups at last follow-up (P>0.05). At last follow-up, the distal femoral lateral angle, the proximal tibial medial angle, and the hip-knee-ankle angle in the guide plate group were significantly better than those in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion  The application of digital 3D printing osteotomy guide plate assisted TKA in the treatment of KOA patients with femoral implants can simplify the surgical procedures, overcomes limitations of conventional osteotomy guides, reduces surgical trauma, achieves individualized and precise osteotomy, and effectively restores lower limb alignment and knee joint function.

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