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KMID : 1207720100020040232
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Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery
2010 Volume.2 No. 4 p.232 ~ p.236
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Preventing Lateral Skin Numbness after Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
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Song Moo-Ho
Kim Bu-Hwan
Ahn Seong-Jun
Yoo Seong-Ho
Shin Seung-Ho
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Abstract
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Background: The authors report the results of preserving the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve during unicompartmental knee arthroplasty to prevent lateral skin numbness.
Methods: All 100 cases had medial compartmental osteoarthritis and a minimally invasive technique had been used. The mean follow-up duration was two years and eight months (range, 24 to 42 months).
Results: The classification according to the location of this nerve was observed as either Mochida Type I with 76 cases (76%), Type II with 16 cases (16%), and unclassified type with 8 cases (8%). In Type I, the nerve was saved in 62 cases (82%), but could not be preserved in Type II because of the surgical procedure. These results showed that the mean distance from the joint line to the nerve of Type I was 9.13 mm (range, 4 to 15 mm) and the nerve passed inferiorly.
Conclusions: This study showed the location of this nerve can be predicted ahead of the procedure, which will help preserve it during the surgery.
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KEYWORD
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Lateral skin numbness, Infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve
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