Moving a skin incision to lateral side of tibial tubercle reduces the risk of persistent skin numbness compared with a regular midline one: A randomized paired study in bilateral total knee arthroplasty.

Autor: Chanalithichai N; Investigation Performed at the Orthopedic Unit, Thammasat University Hospital, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand. Electronic address: nuttawut.cha@cra.ac.th., Kanitnate S; Investigation Performed at the Orthopedic Unit, Thammasat University Hospital, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand. Electronic address: naypeng@hotmail.com., Tammachote N; Investigation Performed at the Orthopedic Unit, Thammasat University Hospital, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand. Electronic address: tammachotemd@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Knee [Knee] 2024 Mar; Vol. 47, pp. 219-227. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2023.12.014
Abstrakt: Background: The midline incision during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is known to damage the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve (IPBSN), leading to lateral flap numbness. The aim was to evaluate the rate of persistent skin numbness (RSN) and area of skin numbness (AON) after a lateral-based skin incision compared with the standard midline incision in bilateral TKA patients.
Methods: Thirty-six patients undergoing bilateral TKA were included and randomly assigned to receive the lateral skin incision (lateral side of the tibial tubercle) on one knee and the standard midline incision on the contralateral. All other surgical steps were identical. Primary outcomes were the RSN at 1 year and the AON at 6 weeks, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively. Kneeling ability test (KAT), operative time, and length of incision were also recorded.
Results: The lateral incision had half the RSN at 12 months compared to the midline incision (25% vs 53%; p = 0.01). The median AON at 1-year after surgery was 0 [0-0.5] cm 2 in lateral incision vs 4 [0-7.5] cm 2 in midline group (p < 0.001). KAT was minimally better in the lateral group at 110° of kneeling between 6-month to 1-year. Operative time and length of incision were similar between both groups.
Conclusion: The lateral skin incision reduced RSN by approximately 50% compared with the midline incision. The AON in lateral incision was 4 cm 2 smaller than midline at 1-year after surgery. Moving a skin incision more lateral may be considered to minimize the numbness after TKA.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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