Dose reduction does not impact the precision of CT-based RSA in tibial implants: a diagnostic accuracy study on precision in a porcine cadaver
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https://doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2023.24022Keywords:
CT-RSA, CTMA, CTRSA, experimental study, Migration analysis, Radiostereometry, RSA, tibial implantAbstract
Background and purpose: Radiostereometric analysis (RSA) is the gold standard for evaluation of migration of implants. CT-RSA has been shown to have precision at the level of RSA in hip, shoulder, and knee joint replacements. We aimed to assess the impact of dose reduction on precision of CT-RSA on tibial implants, comparing it with previously published data on precision of standard dose CT-RSA on tibial implants.
Material and methods: We performed a total knee arthroplasty on a porcine knee cadaver, and subsequent CT-RSA with low effective doses (0.02 mSv). We compared the results with previously published CT-RSA data with standard (0.08 mSv) dose. The primary outcome variable was the difference in precision of the maximum total translation (MTT). Secondary variables included ratios of variances and standard deviations, and precision of peripheral point translations, center-of-mass translations, and rotations. A difference of more than 0.1 mm in precision was defined as clinically relevant. Our hypothesis was that precisions of low and standard CT-RSA doses were equal.
Results: Low dose (mean 0.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.06–0.08) and standard dose CT-RSA (0.08, CI 0.07–0.09) achieve similar precision, with difference in precision of MTT of 0.01, CI 0.00–0.02 mm. The F-statistic (0.99, CI 0.63–1.55) and sdtest (1.05, CI 0.43–2.58) also supported this.
Conclusion: We conclude that the precision of low dose CT-RSA for tibial implants on a porcine cadaver is equal to standard dose CT-RSA. However, these findings should be confirmed in clinical trials.
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