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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 8/2017

01-08-2017 | Knee

Influence of age on clinical outcomes of three-dimensional transfer of the tibial tuberosity for patellar instability with patella alta

Authors: Shuhei Otsuki, Mikio Nakajima, Kenta Fujiwara, Yoshinori Okamoto, Go Iida, Tomohiko Murakami, Masashi Neo

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 8/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

To evaluate the clinical outcomes of three-dimensional (3D) transfer of the tibial tuberosity for patellar instability with patella alta, with a focus on the influence of age at initial surgery.

Methods

Three-dimensional surgery was performed on 28 knees with a mean follow-up of 46 months. Patients were separated into three groups based on the age at initial surgery: group A, 10 knees and an average age of 16.3 ± 1.8 (14–19) years; group B, 10 knees and an average age of 22.1 ± 2.5 (20–28) years; and group C, eight knees and an average age of 44.0 ± 2.2 (40–46) years. Patellofemoral geometry improvement focused on patella alta by determining the Insall–Salvati ratio and Caton–Deschamps index, rotational malalignment by measuring the tibial tubercle–trochlear groove (TT–TG) distance, and lateral patellar subluxation by measuring the patellar tilt. Clinical outcomes were evaluated by the Lysholm and Kujala scores, which were compared before and after surgery. Cartilage degeneration was evaluated by the International Cartilage Repair Society grading system at initial arthroscopy.

Results

The patellar height, TT–TG, and patellar tilt significantly improved in all groups postoperatively (p < 0.05). The Lysholm and Kujala scores also significantly improved postoperatively; however, both scores were lower in group C than in the other groups (p < 0.05). Particularly, pain scores were more severe in group C than in the other groups, and the severity of cartilage degeneration correlated with the pain scores (p < 0.05). Cartilage damage differed significantly between the groups at initial arthroscopy; particularly, group C included grades III and IV cartilage degeneration (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

Age at initial surgery may be the predicting factor for poor clinical outcomes of 3D transfer surgery. The clinical outcome may depend on the age at surgery, which correlated with cartilage damage; thus, surgeons should be given this information when patients are considered undergoing patella surgery.

Level of evidence

Therapeutic case series, Level IV.
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Metadata
Title
Influence of age on clinical outcomes of three-dimensional transfer of the tibial tuberosity for patellar instability with patella alta
Authors
Shuhei Otsuki
Mikio Nakajima
Kenta Fujiwara
Yoshinori Okamoto
Go Iida
Tomohiko Murakami
Masashi Neo
Publication date
01-08-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-015-3825-z

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