INTRODUÇÃO: A precisão no posicionamento dos túneis ósseos na reconstrução do ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho (LCA) é considerado um dos fatores fundamentais para o bom resultado dessa cirurgia. A cirurgia ortopédica auxiliada por computador (computer aided orthopedic surgery CAOS) é um avanço tecnológico que tem como um dos principais objetivos exatamente o aumento da precisão. OBJETIVO: comparar o posicionamento do centro dos túneis e a isometria do enxerto obtidos com o uso de um sistema de navegação computadorizada (Orthopilot) e com o uso de guias cirúrgicos convencionais. MÉTODOS: 36 joelhos pareados de cadáveres tiveram o LCA ressecado por artroscopia no Laboratório de Artroscopia do Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Um joelho de cada par foi ramdomizado para o grupo 1 (guias cirúrgicos convencionais) e o outro para o grupo 2 (Orthopilot). Um fio de sutura inelástico foi passado pelo centro dos túneis tibial e femoral confeccionados para a reconstrução do LCA, sem que os túneis fossem finalmente brocados. Todos os joelhos foram então analisados quanto ao posicionamento do centro do túnel tibial (distância do LCP, distância da tubérculo intercondilar medial da tíbia e distância do corno anterior do menisco lateral), do centro do túnel femoral (distância da cortical posterior e angulação coronal na fossa intercondilar do fêmur) e a variação da distância entre os pontos centrais do túnel femoral para o túnel tibial em flexão de 90º e em extensão (isometria). Os dados foram analisados segundo o teste de Wilcoxon para comparação de duas amostras pareadas. RESULTADOS: A variação da distância entre o tunel femoral e tibial em flexão e extensão (isometria) foi maior no grupo 1 convencional, do que no grupo 2 Orthopilot (grupo 1: média 4,2mm com intervalo de 1,1mm a 9,4mm versus grupo 2: média 2,8mm com intervalo de 0,3mm a 6,7mm; p<0,05). Os outros parâmetros analisados não tiveram diferença estatística entre os grupos e demonstraram que todos os túneis dos dois grupos estavam bem posicionados de acordo com os critérios adotados. CONCLUSÕES: O emprego de instrumental cirúrgico navegado pelo sistema Orhtopilot permitiu o posicionamento dos túneis ósseos da reconstrução do LCA de maneira tão precisa quanto os guias cirúrgicos convencionais utilizados. Mais do que isso, proporcionou um posicionamento significativamente mais isométrico nessa série / INTRODUCTION: Precise tunnel location has been considered to be very important to achieve good results in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery. Computer Aided Orthopedic Surgery (CAOS) is a technology improvement whose main objective is to enhance precision. PURPOSE: To compare the accuracy of tunnel placement and graft isometry for ACL reconstruction performed with the use of a computer-assisted navigation system (Orthopilot) and with traditional instruments. METHODS: 36 matched-paired cadaveric knees had their intact ACL removed by arthroscopy at the Arthroscopy Laboratory Orthopedic Department of University of São Paulo Medical School. One knee of each pair was randomized to group 1 (traditional instruments) or group 2 (Orthopilot). An inelastic suture was then passed through the center of where would be the tibial tunnel and then through the center of where would be the femoral tunnel. None of the tunnels were actually drilled. All knees were then dissected and 6 parameters were obtained: The distance from the tibial tunnel center to: 1) the PCL; 2) the lateral meniscus anterior horn; 3) the medial tibial spine. 4) The distance from the femoral tunnel center to the posterior femoral cortex. 5) The femoral tunnel coronal angle. 6) The variation of the distance from the femoral to the tibial tunnels with the knee extended and in 90 degree flexion. The data were submitted to statistical analysis and compared with the Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Test. RESULTS: The variation of the distance from the femoral to the tibial tunnels in flexion and extension was smaller in the Orthopilot group (better isometry): group 1: mean 4.2 mm (1.1-9.4 mm); group 2: mean 2.8 mm (0.3-6.7 mm) p<0,05. All other parameters showed no statistical difference between the groups and all tunnels were considered to be in satisfactory positions. DISCUSSION: There was no difference in tunnel position between the groups. Better isometry was achieved in the Orthopilot group compared to conventional instruments

O estudo analisa experimentalmente a integração tendinosa no túnel ósseo femoral na reconstrução do ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho esquerdo com o tendão do músculo semitendíneo autólogo, utilizando imagens de ressonância magnética, teste biomecânico e análise histológica em 15 coelhos da raça Nova Zelândia. Após os períodos de quatro, oito e doze semanas do procedimento cirúrgico, os animais foram submetidos ao exame de ressonância magnética para avaliar o túnel femoral dos joelhos. A seguir os animais foram eutanasiados e os joelhos foram submetidos a testes de tração em uma máquina de ensaios mecânicos Kratos para verificar a integração do enxerto nos túneis e a exame histológico do túnel femoral. A análise dos resultados demonstrou integração mecânica do tendão no túnel femoral a partir da 4ª semana em todos os animais estudados e observou-se na histologia e nas imagens da ressonância magnética alterações do enxerto e da área ao redor de forma heterogênea, sugerindo um processo de cicatrização do tendão-osso, porém não se pode afirmar que ocorria a integração até a 12 semanas. / The purpose was to verify the incorporation (healing) of the graft of the semitendinous tendon into the femoral bone tunnel after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, and verify the post operative evolution of the biomechanical histology and magnetic resonance image analysis of the graft into the femoral bone tunnel. Fifteen New Zealand white rabbits were submitted to an intra-articular anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the left knee, using semitendinous tendon autograft. The rabbits were submitted to an magnetic resonance image at 4, 8 and 12 weeks after surgery, after which they were euthanized. The left knee of each rabbit was disarticulated and the anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction was tested for the biomechanical properties and histological analysis of the femoral tunnel. Every rabbit knee showed incorporation of the tendon at the femoral tunnel as of the fourth week in all of the knees studied. After the fourth week signs of integration occurred in the histological analysis and heterogeneous alterations in the magnetic resonance image of the graft and the surrounding areas, which suggests a healing process. Despite the biomechanical incorporation of the graft in the femoral bone tunnel after the fourth week it was not possible to affirm that there occurred incorporation of the graft until the completion of 12 weeks in histological and magnetic resonance image analysis.

L’Ostéotomie Tibiale de Valgisation (OTV) par ouverture médiale est un traitement conservatif efficace dans le traitement de la gonarthrose médiale chez le patient jeune et actif présentant un défaut d’alignement du membre inférieur. Ce défaut entraine un déséquilibre dans la répartition des charges transitant dans le genou et est un facteur de risque la gonarthrose. L’objectif est de corriger l’alignement en corrigeant une déformation osseuse du tibia proximal. Une coupe osseuse médiolatérale incomplète partant du bord médial de la métaphyse tibiale et orientée vers l’articulation tibio-fibulaire permet de créer une ouverture sur le bord médial par rotation autour de la charnière latérale, épaisseur d’os non-coupée sur le bord latéral. L’importance de l’ouverture dépend de la déformation osseuse et du stade d’arthrose. La réussite de l’OTV par ouverture médiale est conditionnée par une correction précise, un montage d’ostéosynthèse stable et une charnière latérale préservée pendant l’ouverture. L’objectif de cette thèse était de proposer une méthodologie de planification préopératoire à associer à une instrumentation patient-spécifique réalisée en impression 3D. Cette instrumentation devait permettre d’appliquer la correction souhaitée dans les plans frontal et sagittal mais aussi de préserver la charnière latérale pendant la chirurgie. Nos résultats ont montré, grâce aux études in-vitro et in-vivo réalisées au cours de la thèse, que le guide de coupe patient-spécifique développé permet de reproduire avec précision la planification préopératoire en apportant de la sécurité au geste opératoire tant au niveau de la précision que de la préservation de la charnière latérale. / Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy (MOWHTO) is an efficient conservative surgical treatment for young and active patients with moderate medial gonarthrosis and varus lower limb malalignment. Varus malalignment unbalances load distribution in the knee, which is a gonarthrosis risk factor. MOWHTO aims to correct the lower limb alignment by correcting the proximal tibia bony deformity. Incomplete mediolateral cut is performed in the proximal tibia from the medial side of the tibial metaphysis towards the tibiofibular joint, and then opened by rotation around the lateral hinge which is the remaining uncut bone thickness on the lateral side. Amount of the opening depends on the importance of the proximal tibial deformity and on the medial gonarthrosis stage. MOWHTO success remains on precise correction, stable osteosynthesis system and lateral hinge preservation during the opening. Objective of this thesis was to propose a preoperative planning methodology to be associated with 3D printed patientspecific instrumentation. This instrumentation was intended to apply the correction chosen by the surgeon in the frontal and sagittal planes, but also to preserve the lateral hinge during the surgery. Our in-vitro and in-vivo results have shown that the developed patient-specific cutting guide make it possible to accurately reproduce the preoperative planning with security to the surgical gesture by bringing accuracy and lateral hinge preservation.

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