Chinese Journal Of Clinical Anatomy ›› 2013, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 411-413.

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Three dimensional measurement and clinical significance of posterior slope angle of the tibial plateau in south Chinese

LI Jun1, JING Jue-hua1, SHI Zhan-jun2, ZHAN Jun-feng1   

  1. 1.Department of Orthopaedics, the Second Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China;2. Department of Joint, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou,510515, China
  • Received:2012-12-02 Online:2013-07-25 Published:2013-07-24

Abstract:

Objective To provide references and evidences for design of the knee prosthesis suitable for south Chinese and optimal tibial osteotomy in total knee arthroplasty, posterior slope angle of the tibial plateau in adult south Chinese were measured. Methods 80 adult volunteers were enrolled in this experiment. Their knees were scanned by spiral CT with obtained data imported into MIMICS for three-dimensional reconstruction;  then both of posterior slope angle of the lateral tibial plateau and the medial tibial plateau were measured by Unigraphics NX software. Results The posterior slope angle of the medial tibial plateau in adult south Chinese was (6.86±1.92)° for the left, and (6.45±2.02)° for the right, (6.20±2.03)° for the male and (7.19±1.78)° for the female, with an average of (8.16±3.37)°; and posterior slope angle of the lateral tibial plateau was (6.89±3.42)° for the left, (6.82±2.78)° for the right, (6.84±2.82)° for the male and (6.87±3.01)° for the female, with an average of (6.85±2.90)°. There were no statistically significant differences between different genders and sides for posterior slope angle of the lateral tibial plateau or the medial tibial plateau(P>0.05); However, the posterior slope angle of the medial tibial plateau was significantly greater than the lateral tibial plateau(P<0.05). Conclusions The posterior slope angle in adult south Chinese has a greater individual difference than the average in other area at home and abroad.

Key words: Tibial plateau, Posterior slope angle, Three dimensional measurement, Total knee arthroplasty

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