Tibial shaft anatomy differs between Caucasians and East Asian individuals

ConclusionEast Asian individuals have more offset in the ML dimension for the tibia. This finding is clinical relevant, as this dimensional difference should be taken into consideration when designing primary and revision TKA stemmed tibial implants for East Asian individuals.Level of evidenceCase –control study, Level III.

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Source: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy - August 17, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research