Comparison of weight-bearing full-length radiographs and computed-tomography-scan-based three-dimensional models in the assessment of knee joint coronal alignment

The aim of the study was to determine any discrepancies among preoperative full-leg standing radiographs (LLR) and supine non-weight-bearing computed tomography (CT)-scan-based three-dimensional (3D) models in the assessment of the lower limb alignment prior to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and answer the question of whether the LLR study can be obviated in preoperative planning when TKA is performed with patient-specific instrumentation (PSI).

Source: The Knee - January 14, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Vicente J. Le ón-Muñoz, Mirian López-López, Francisco Martínez-Martínez, Fernando Santonja-Medina Source Type: research