Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
The rebuilding of the knee joint is known as a knee arthroplasty. It is a generally safe procedure with predictable results that is more frequently referred to as a complete knee replacement. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) should be considered for patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis in at least two of the three compartments of the knee who have not responded to conservative therapy. The purpose of the study is to use the WOMAC questionnaire, functional knee score and knee society knee scoring to compare the functional results of patients who had their PCL kept vs. those who had it removed. This research was a prospective comparison research. Santiniketan medical college, Bolpur, department of orthopaedics did this study from January 2021 to September 2022. The research involved 40 patients in total. The cruciate sacrificing prosthesis had a better functional outcome as evidenced by the cruciate sacrificing prosthesi’s substantial p-value difference (p = 0.0001) in its favor. All patients greatly improved, according to the functional knee society, with the CS group’s FKS at 107.89 and the CR group’s at 108.04 (p = 0.9449). The difference was not statistically significant. The WOMAC score also saw a significant improvement. There were 30.8 in the CS groups and 35.6 in the CR groups. A statistical analysis showed that cruciate sacrificing prostheses had a statistically significant (p = 0.0001) benefit. Because of the continuing flexion deformity in the cruciate retaining group, total knee arthroplasty in patients who had their posterior cruciate ligament sacrificed had higher functional success than the maintaining group. Our choice of the single implant offered by the program-deep dished cruciate retaining prosthesis for all 20 patients constituted one of the study’s limitations. More follow-up is required because our study only included a limited number of patients over a brief period of time.
How to cite this article:
Supantha Panja, Rakesh Sarkar, Saptadeep Das and Arnab Kumar Saha. Evaluation of the Functional Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty PCL Retaining.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2023.899.902
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.36478/makrjms.2023.899.902