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. 2023 Dec 13;13(12):1704.
doi: 10.3390/jpm13121704.

Chronological Changes in Sagittal Femoral Bowing after Primary Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Comparative 3D CT Study

Francesco Pardo  1 , Antonino Amedeo La Mattina  2   3 , Emanuele Diquattro  1 , Stefano Lucchini  1 , Marco Viceconti  2   3 , Andrea Minerba  1 , Francesco Castagnini  1 , Francesco Traina  4   5
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Chronological Changes in Sagittal Femoral Bowing after Primary Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Comparative 3D CT Study

Francesco Pardo et al. J Pers Med. .

Abstract

Little is known about dynamic changes of femoral anatomy after total hip arthroplasty (THA), in particular about sagittal femoral bowing (SFB). A 3D CT study was designed to evaluate the chronological changes of SFB after cementless femoral stem implantation for primary THA. Ten patients who underwent unilateral primary THA with a cementless femoral stem, with 2 consecutive CT scans (extending from the fourth lumbar vertebra to the tibial plateaus), performed before THA and at least 3 years after THA, were enrolled. The 3D models of femurs were created using image segmentation software. Using the two CT scans, SFB values of the proximal and middle thirds were calculated on the replaced and untreated sides by two different observers. Eight anatomical stems and two conical stems were involved. The post-operative CT was performed at an average follow-up of 6.5 years after THA (range: 3-12.5). The measurements performed by the two observers did not differ in the proximal and middle regions. A significant difference between the pre-operative and post-operative SFB compared to the untreated side was found in the proximal femur segment (p = 0.004). Use of a cementless stem in THA induced chronological changes in SFB of the proximal femur, after a minimum timespan of 3 years.

Keywords: anatomic stem; bowing; deformation; impingement; modification; procurvatum; revision; stem alignment; total hip arthroplasty.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Side view. Both condyles overlapped, and a vertical plane (red line) is tangent to the posterior intercondylar line and the posterior margin of the greater trochanter. (B) Anteroposterior view obtained by rotating the image (A) by 90° around the vertical axis, showing the reference axial plane. (C) Anteroposterior view of the femur, showing the axial planes at which femur canal was segmented (in green).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Segmentation of the femur canal (yellow shading) and identification of canal centroid (black dot) in the native side (A) and in the prosthetic side (B).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Segmentation of the femoral canal in a native (A) and a prosthetic (B) femur.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Comparison of the pre- and post-surgical femur curvatures in a prosthetic (A) and a native (B) side.
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