Ideal post‐TKA radiographs comprise whole lower extremity anteroposterior and lateral views taken under weight bearing conditions along with a skyline view of the patellofemoral joint. Among other things, weight bearing exposes the true alignment, …

2024年12月7日 · Total knee arthroplasty (TKA), total knee replacement (TKR), or tricompartmental knee replacement is an orthopedic procedure whereby the three articular surfaces of the knee (femoral, tibial, and patellar) are replaced by prosthetic components.

On outpatient visit, some providers recommend getting a baseline hip to ankle x-ray which may be better in calculating tibiofemoral angle to assess coronal plane alignment of the joint, but other studies show a standard AP is a valid alternative (6).

2024年12月7日 · Total knee arthroplasty (TKA), total knee replacement (TKR), or tricompartmental knee replacement is an orthopaedic procedure whereby the three articular surfaces of the knee (femoral, tibial, and patellar) are replaced by prosthetic components.

2022年6月4日 · Plain radiography (X-Rays) is the most commonly used radiological modality in the evaluation of TKA. Advantages of plain radiography include the low cost, limited and mild radiation risk, ease of access, and the very short time needed to generate films.

2 天之前 · Frontal radiograph of the left knee from 4 years earlier demonstrates normal post-operative appearance of prosthesis with no periprosthetic lucency (left). On right, the same knee 4 years later shows lucencies beneath the tibial portions of the prosthesis greater than 2 mm and larger than seen on the earlier study (white arrows)

Joint replacement surgery is a safe and effective procedure to relieve pain, correct leg deformity, and help you resume normal activities. Total knee replacement surgery was first performed in 1968. Since then, improvements in surgical materials and techniques have greatly increased its …

2014年9月1日 · Today, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one the most commonly performed surgeries worldwide. The purpose of this article is to review the appearance of normal post-TKA roentgenographs and describe the correct sequence for their interpretation.

Painful total knee arthroplasty (TKA) represents a diagnostic challenge for the clinician and radiologist, as there is a wide variety of potential etiologies, with a broad range of clinical presentations, and the abnormalities on imaging studies are often subtle, absent, or nonspecific.

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA), primarily used to treat pain and improve function in patients with symptomatic advanced knee osteoarthritis, is the most commonly performed joint replacement procedure in the United States [1,2].