Systematic alignments yield balanced knees without additional releases in only 11% of knee arthroplasties: a prospective study

ConclusionSystematic alignment simulations achieved knee balance in only 11% of cases. Patient-specific implantation, favouring knee balancing over alignment, allowed an 89% perfect score rate without having to perform any collateral release.Level of evidenceCase series. Level 4.
Source: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research