Extensor hallucis longus tendon is a new distal landmark for coronal tibial component alignment in total knee arthroplasty: A study of magnetic resonance imaging.

CONCLUSIONS: MRI findings showed that EHLT would be useful as a landmark of the ankle joint center in extramedullary tibial osteotomy in TKA for medial knee OA. It was also clarified that the landmark would not be affected by severe deformity of the knee joint, deformity of the foot region, or external torsion of the tibia.
PMID: 32223512 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery - December 31, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Hino M, Nakagawa S, Arai Y, Inoue H, Kan H, Fujii Y, Ikoma K, Kubo T Tags: J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) Source Type: research