The reliability of adductor tubercle as an anatomical landmark for joint line restoration in revision knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Joint line (JL) restoration is one of the major challenges in revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA). There is debate regarding the most reliable methodology for the assessment of JL level during revision surgery. Among the strategies, the use of adductor tubercle (AT) as an anatomical landmark has been proposed. The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the available literature to understand the reliability of AT ratio to identify the JL, and the advantages and drawbacks of its application. A research was performed on the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane and Google Scholar databases based on the following inclusion criteria for articles' selection: (I) clinical reports of any level of evidence, (II) written in the English language, (III) published from 2010 to 2020, (IV) dealing with

SUBMITTER: Di Matteo B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859786 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature