Compatibility of the HINTEGRA prostheses with Korean ankles as evaluated on the basis of cadaveric measurements |
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Authors: | Sang Soo Eun Woo‐Chun Lee Sang‐Ho Lee Doo Jin Paik Young‐Il Hwang |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea;2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea;3. Department of Neurosurgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea;4. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea;5. Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to obtain anatomical measurements of the distal tibia and talus of Korean ankles and to evaluate, based on those measurements, the compatibility of the HINTEGRA prostheses in the context of total ankle replacement (TAR). We measured the length, width, height, and angles of the distal tibia and talus of 51 cadavers and compared these measurements with the corresponding dimensions of the HINTEGRA prostheses. The male ankles were larger than the female ones as was expected, but their overall shapes did not differ, which fact validates use of the prostheses irrespective of patients' sex. The dimensions of the talus itself did not differ significantly from those previously reported for American whites and blacks and South African whites. This might suggest a possibility that the HINTEGRA prostheses, being used in these countries, would be compatible to Korean ankles, too. In fact, the length range of the talar components was generally compatible with those derived from cadaveric measurements of the trochlea. However, the widths of the tibial and talar components were not completely compatible to Korean ankles. Above all, the length of the large‐sized tibial components was much longer than the largest ankles, which would confine the choice of prosthesis mainly to small‐sized ones for arthroplasty in Korea. Even though these prostheses are currently used, some modifications are needed to extend their usability in Korea, such as shortening and width/length ratio adjustment of the tibial component, and of the talar component accordingly. Clin. Anat. 25:1087–1092, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Keywords: | Korean ankle total ankle replacement (TAR) distal tibia talus trochlea |
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