"Koehlers teardrop is not a reliable landmark for assessing the centre of rotation after Total hip arthroplasty" - a retrospective radiological study.

Heinz, Kristian; Nowack, Dimitri; von Eisenhart-Rothe, Rüdiger; Wassilew, Georgi; Matziolis, Georg; Brodt, Steffen

doi:10.1007/s00402-023-04859-1

2023

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Dokumenttyp:: Article; Early Access; Journal Article
Autor(en):: Heinz, Kristian; Nowack, Dimitri; von Eisenhart-Rothe, Rüdiger; Wassilew, Georgi; Matziolis, Georg; Brodt, Steffen
Titel:: "Koehlers teardrop is not a reliable landmark for assessing the centre of rotation after Total hip arthroplasty" - a retrospective radiological study.
Abstract:: PURPOSE: Various anatomical landmarks have become established in radiography for the assessment of cup positioning after total hip arthroplasty (THA). The most important one is Koehler's teardrop figure (KTF). However, there is a lack of data on the validity of this landmark, which is widely used clinically for assessing the centre of rotation of the hip. METHOD: A retrospective measurement of the lateral and cranial distance of the KTF to the centre of hip rotation was performed on the basis of 250 X-ray images of patients who had undergone THA. In addition, the dependence of these distances on pelvic tilt was determined in 16 patients by means of virtual X-ray projections based on pelvic CTs. RESULTS: It was shown that the distance of the KTF from the centre of hip rotation in the horizontal plane is gender-dependent (men: 42.8 ± 6.0 mm vs. women: 37.4 ± 4.7 mm; p < 0.001) and age-dependent (Pearson correlation - 0.114; p < 0.05). Furthermore, the vertical and horizontal distances are subject to variation depending on height (Pearson correlation 0.14; p < 0.05 and 0.40; p < 0.001, respectively) and weight (Pearson correlation 0.158; p < 0.05). The distance between the KTF and the centre of hip rotation varies slightly depending on pelvic tilt. CONCLUSION: The KTF is not a sufficiently valid landmark for assessing the centre of rotation after THA. It is influenced by many different disturbance variables. However, it is largely robust against changes in pelvic tilt, so that it can be used as a reference point when comparing different intraindividual radiographs to assess the change in the centre of rotation due to implantation or to detect cup migration.
Zeitschriftentitel:: Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
Jahr:: 2023
Band / Volume:: 143
Heft / Issue:: 9
Seitenangaben Beitrag:: 5671-5676
Volltext / DOI:: doi:10.1007/s00402-023-04859-1
PubMed:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37099164
Print-ISSN:: 0936-8051
TUM Einrichtung:: Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie und Sportorthopädie (Prof. von Eisenhart-Rothe)
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