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Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery 11/2015

01-11-2015 | Knee Arthroplasty

Can rotational alignment of total knee arthroplasty be measured on MRI?

Authors: Mirco Sgroi, M. Faschingbauer, K. Javaheripour-Otto, H. Reichel, T. Kappe

Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Issue 11/2015

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Abstract

Background and purpose

The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of MRI to determine rotational alignment after TKA in comparison to the gold standard, CT.

Methods

Rotational alignment was measured in the transverse plane on CT and MR-images in 14 patients prior to TKA revision. Differences between CT and MRI measurements were analysed.

Results

There was a strong correlation between CT and MRI measurements for both the tibial (r = 0.929) and femoral (r = 0.942) components with a mean difference of 0.47 ± 1.3 and 0.13 ± 3.2 degrees, respectively.

Interpretation

Despite artefact formation, it can be concluded that the rotational alignment of metallic TKA components can be measured by MRI as accurately as by CT.
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Metadata
Title
Can rotational alignment of total knee arthroplasty be measured on MRI?
Authors
Mirco Sgroi
M. Faschingbauer
K. Javaheripour-Otto
H. Reichel
T. Kappe
Publication date
01-11-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery / Issue 11/2015
Print ISSN: 0936-8051
Electronic ISSN: 1434-3916
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-015-2289-4

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