Restoration of Constitutional Alignment in TKA with a Novel Osteotomy Technique

This study provides a novel technique to restore preoperative CA in patients with varus knees and BFLB. It is found that the distal femur should be cut perpendicular to DMA, so the lower limb alignment and soft tissue strains can be restored to the preoperative state, and the knees would be stable and in a natural status after TKA. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Journal of Knee Surgery - January 16, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Wang, Zhibing Cheng, Xingwang Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Xia Zhou, Yue Tags: Original Article Source Type: research