PLATEAU-PATELLA ANGLE: AN OPTION FOR ASSESSING PATELLAR HEIGHT ON PROXIMAL TIBIA OSTEOTOMY

• Autor(a) principal: BONADIO,MARCELO BATISTA
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: TORRES,JÚLIO AUGUSTO DO PRADO, MAZZARO FILHO,VICENTE, HELITO,CAMILO PARTEZANI, GOBBI,RICCARDO GOMES, DEMANGE,MARCO KAWAMURA
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Acta Ortopédica Brasileira (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-78522016000300127
• topic: Patellar ligament; Osteotomy; Knee.

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the plateau-patella angle method to the methods already established for patellar height measurement in patients undergoing high tibial osteotomy. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 13 patients undergoing medial opening tibial osteotomy. The patellar height was measured in pre and post-operative radiographs by the methods from Insall-Salvati, Caton-Deschamps, Blackburne-Peel and patella-plateau angle, as well as the tibial slope and length of the patellar tendon. Measurements were performed by two knee surgeons at two different times. Results: The mean age was 41.33 ± 01.09 years old. The average rates of Caton-Deschamps, Blackburne-Peel, Insall-Salvati and plateau-patella angle were, respectively, 1.00; 0.89; 1.10; and 23.15° preoperatively, and 0.89; 0.78; 1.11; and 20.46°, postoperatively. The correlation of Caton-Deschamps, Blackburne-Pell, and Insall-Salvati indexes and plateau-patellar angle interobserver was 0.72 (p <0.001), 0:54 (p <0.001), 0.65 (p <0.001), and 0.67 (w <0.001), respectively. Conclusion: The plateau-patella angle method undergoes changes that are correlated with changes in tibial slope after osteotomy, unlike the classical methods. This fact may lead to overestimate the reduction of patellar height after osteotomy. Level of evidence IV. Case Series.