SLIDE 1 Pro:
Immed ediate W e Weight Be Bear aring ng with H HTO: A A Gam ame Cha e Changer er
Thomas M. DeBerardino, MD Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine Co-Director, Baylor-San Antonio, Texas Sports Medicine Fellowship The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group Medical Director, BRIO
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SLIDE 2 Disclosure
- The following relationships with commercial interests related to this
presentation existed during the past 12 months:
- Research support: MTF and Arthrex
- Consultant: Arthrex, MTF
- Dr. DeBerardino does not intend to discuss the use of any off-label
use/unapproved use of drugs or devices
SLIDE 3 Goals of Talk:
- Discuss safety and efficacy
- f iBalance HTO implant
- Early weight bearing study
- Highlight new technology
for guided or free-hand iBalance HTO
SLIDE 4 Goals of HTO
- Realign extremity
- Decrease pain
- Improve overall function
- Restore mechanical
environment
- Decrease force on ligaments
& grafts
SLIDE 5 HTO Indications
- Unicompartmental arthritis
- Varus Deformities
- Cartilage Restoration Procedures
- Meniscus Transplantation
- Osteochondral transplantation
- Cartiform
- Bio- Cartilage
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Decades of Opening Wedge Osteotomies
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SLIDE 8 It is All About the Hinge Pin
- The hinge pin technique reduces
drastically the risk of lateral cortex fracture
- Stress homogenization in the
area of the drill hole
- Avoids locally high stress
concentrations in the region of the sharp cutting notch
- Definitive TRUE VALGUS
- stoeotomy
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Freehand Technique
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Guide Pin, Cannulated Drill, and Hinge Pin
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Hinge Pin Guide Pinned in Place
SLIDE 12 Making the Cut
European cut
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HTO FreeCut- Still Protect N-V structures!
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FreeCut Guide
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Open Osteotomy Desired Distance
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Implant Placement
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Secure, Quickset, Close
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Recent Case
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Hinge Pin Placement
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Protected Osteotomy Cut
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Completed HTO Cut and Opening Jig
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Peek Fasteners Placed
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Guided FreeHand vs FreeCut- An Option for All
SLIDE 25 Recent Clinical Trial
- Scordino LE, DeBerardino TM. Surgical treatment of
- steoarthritis in the middle-aged athlete: new horizons in
high tibial osteotomies. Sports Med Arthrosc. 2013 Mar;21(1):47-51
SLIDE 26 Hypothesis
- Time to full weight bearing will be significantly
reduced in group allowed to bear weight as tolerated and healing will not be compromised
SLIDE 27 Block Randomization: Two Treatment Arms
- Group I
- TTWB 6 wk
- Group II
- WBAT
- Pain ≤ 3
- Off narcotics
Standard HTO using the PEEK iBalance implant with Osferion and ACP ROM locked brace 6 wk
SLIDE 28 Outcome Measures
- 10 Outcome Measures
- Time to FWB
- Healing on Radiographs
- 20 Outcome Measures
- WOMAC
- Hematoma, Bleeding
- Pain & Medication Use
SLIDE 29 1 WK 6 WK 12 WK 6 MONTH PRE OP
WOMAC, Pain and Medication, Radiographs Pain and Medication, Radiographs WOMAC, Pain and Medication, Radiographs WOMAC, Pain and Medication, Radiographs WOMAC, Pain and Medication, Radiographs
Data Points
SLIDE 30 All patients undergoing HTO from my practice N=40 Excluded 2 language barrier, 1 did not enroll Enrolled N=37
Toe Touch N=17
Withdrew:
1 workers comp, 1 fracture- subchondral cyst
N=35
Early N=18
Group 2 Group 1
SLIDE 31 Time to D/C of Crutches
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Rapid WB Delayed
Days Until Full Weight Bearing
Average 12 days* (2-21) post-op in the early group before no crutches needed 42 days* (42- 56) *significantly different, p < 0.05
SLIDE 32 Summary: Key Highlights
- Growing need for knee realignment and joint
preservation procedures
- HTO evolved from “freehand procedure” to
guided, predictable/reproducible procedure
SLIDE 33 Conclusions: iBalance HTO Game Changer
complications
maintained
appears safe and efficacious for HTO
Standard Bulky Hardware
“Invisible” PEEK iBalance, OsFerion, ACP
SLIDE 34 Take Home Points- iBalance HTO
- iBalance HTO remains best in class option for OWHTO
- Only system that obtains true valgus slope maintaining
- steotomy
- Hinge Pin is the key
- Safe, reproducible, maintainable results. LOW morbidity
- Standard biplanar alignment guide is really freehand
jigged bony cut
- Hinge Pin & FreeCut guides are newest option for
surgeons based on personal preference
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Questions?
Thank You