RADIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE FEMORAL CURVES FOR BETTER ROM IN JAPANESE TKA

INTRODUCTIONFemur is one of the bones in humans that exhibit ethnic, racial, and gender difference. Several basic and clinical studies were conducted to explore these variations. Clinical anthropological studies have dealt with the compatibility of femoral prostheses and osteosythesis and materials with the femur. If there is a misalignment between the Total Knee Arthroplasy (TKA) femoral comportment installation position, Range of Motion (ROM) failure and several problems may arise. The aim of this study was to evaluate anterior bowing of the Japanese femur and to assess the adequacy of TKA femoral comportment installation position.METHODSWe analyzed 76 normal Japanese and 97 TKA patients. (June 2014-June 2015) The average age of the normal subjects was 62.0±20.90 (24–88) years old and the average of TKA subjects was 73.6±7.9 (53–89) years old. First we defined and measured the anterior curvature and the posterior condylar offset (PCO) in normal japanese femurs. Then in TKA patients we set the implant as...