TY - JOUR
T1 - Pin Site Complications Associated With Computer-Assisted Navigation in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
AU - Kamara, Eli
AU - Berliner, Zachary P.
AU - Hepinstall, Matthew S.
AU - Cooper, H. John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Background There has been a great increase in the use of navigation technology in joint arthroplasty. In most types of navigation-assisted surgery, several temporary navigation pins are placed in the patient. Goals of this study are (1) to identify complications and (2) risk factors associated with placement of these pins. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study of all navigation-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty performed a single institution over a 3-year period. Records were reviewed and outcome measures were tabulated in a database. Complications included in the database were pin site infection, deep prosthetic joint infection, neurologic injury, vascular injury, and fracture through a pin site. Results A total of 3136 pin sites in 839 patients were included in the study. Five pin site complications were reported with a complication rate of 0.16% per pin site and 0.60% per patient. The complications-per-procedure were slightly higher for unicondylar knee arthroplasty (0.64%) compared with patellofemoral arthroplasty (0%) and total hip arthroplasty (0.46%), but not statistically significant. There were three infections, one neuropraxia, and one suture abscess. No periprosthetic fractures through a pin site were reported. All complications were resolved with nonoperative treatment. The infections required oral antibiotics, and were associated with transcortical drilling in two cases and juxtacortical drilling in the third. Conclusion Pins required for navigation-assisted arthroplasty have a low complication rate. Transcortical or juxtacortical drilling may be a risk factor for pin site infection; future studies should be directed at quantifying this effect.
AB - Background There has been a great increase in the use of navigation technology in joint arthroplasty. In most types of navigation-assisted surgery, several temporary navigation pins are placed in the patient. Goals of this study are (1) to identify complications and (2) risk factors associated with placement of these pins. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study of all navigation-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty performed a single institution over a 3-year period. Records were reviewed and outcome measures were tabulated in a database. Complications included in the database were pin site infection, deep prosthetic joint infection, neurologic injury, vascular injury, and fracture through a pin site. Results A total of 3136 pin sites in 839 patients were included in the study. Five pin site complications were reported with a complication rate of 0.16% per pin site and 0.60% per patient. The complications-per-procedure were slightly higher for unicondylar knee arthroplasty (0.64%) compared with patellofemoral arthroplasty (0%) and total hip arthroplasty (0.46%), but not statistically significant. There were three infections, one neuropraxia, and one suture abscess. No periprosthetic fractures through a pin site were reported. All complications were resolved with nonoperative treatment. The infections required oral antibiotics, and were associated with transcortical drilling in two cases and juxtacortical drilling in the third. Conclusion Pins required for navigation-assisted arthroplasty have a low complication rate. Transcortical or juxtacortical drilling may be a risk factor for pin site infection; future studies should be directed at quantifying this effect.
KW - computer navigation
KW - computer-assisted surgery
KW - pin sites
KW - postoperative complications
KW - tracker pin
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arth.2017.03.073
DO - 10.1016/j.arth.2017.03.073
M3 - Article
C2 - 28522245
AN - SCOPUS:85019651532
SN - 0883-5403
VL - 32
SP - 2842
EP - 2846
JO - Journal of Arthroplasty
JF - Journal of Arthroplasty
IS - 9
ER -