• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2023

    "Koehlers teardrop is not a reliable landmark for assessing the centre of rotation after Total hip arthroplasty" - a retrospective radiological study.

    • Kristian Heinz, Dimitri Nowack, Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Georgi Wassilew, Georg Matziolis, and Steffen Brodt.
    • Orthopaedic Department, Jena Universitiy Hospital, Campus Eisenberg, Klosterlausnitzer Straße 81, 07607, Eisenberg, Germany. k.heinz@waldkliniken-eisenberg.de.
    • Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2023 Sep 1; 143 (9): 567156765671-5676.

    PurposeVarious anatomical landmarks have become established in radiography for the assessment of cup positioning after total hip arthroplasty (THA). The most important one is Koehler's teardrop figure (KTF). However, there is a lack of data on the validity of this landmark, which is widely used clinically for assessing the centre of rotation of the hip.MethodA retrospective measurement of the lateral and cranial distance of the KTF to the centre of hip rotation was performed on the basis of 250 X-ray images of patients who had undergone THA. In addition, the dependence of these distances on pelvic tilt was determined in 16 patients by means of virtual X-ray projections based on pelvic CTs.ResultsIt was shown that the distance of the KTF from the centre of hip rotation in the horizontal plane is gender-dependent (men: 42.8 ± 6.0 mm vs. women: 37.4 ± 4.7 mm; p < 0.001) and age-dependent (Pearson correlation  - 0.114; p < 0.05). Furthermore, the vertical and horizontal distances are subject to variation depending on height (Pearson correlation 0.14; p < 0.05 and 0.40; p < 0.001, respectively) and weight (Pearson correlation 0.158; p < 0.05). The distance between the KTF and the centre of hip rotation varies slightly depending on pelvic tilt.ConclusionThe KTF is not a sufficiently valid landmark for assessing the centre of rotation after THA. It is influenced by many different disturbance variables. However, it is largely robust against changes in pelvic tilt, so that it can be used as a reference point when comparing different intraindividual radiographs to assess the change in the centre of rotation due to implantation or to detect cup migration.© 2023. The Author(s).

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