Current concepts in alignment in total knee arthroplasty

T Karasavvidis, CAP Moldenhauer, FS Haddad… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background In an effort to increase satisfaction among total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients,
emphasis has been placed on implant positioning and limb alignment. Traditionally, the aim …

Highly variable coronal tibial and femoral alignment in osteoarthritic knees: a systematic review

S Hess, LB Moser, F Amsler, H Behrend… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose There is a lack of knowledge about coronal alignment variability in osteoarthritic
knees. Therefore, the purpose of this article was to systematically review the literature and …

Mechanical alignment for primary TKA may change both knee phenotype and joint line obliquity without influencing clinical outcomes: a study comparing restored and …

E Sappey‐Marinier, C Batailler, J Swan… - Knee Surgery …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose In total knee arthroplasty (TKA), knee phenotypes including joint line obliquity are
of interest regarding surgical realignment strategies. The hypothesis of this study is that …

Mechanically aligned total knee arthroplasty does not yield uniform outcomes across all coronal plane alignment of the knee (CPAK) phenotypes

E Franceschetti, S Campi, G Giurazza… - Knee Surgery …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Patient dissatisfaction rates following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) reported in the
literature reach 20%. The optimal coronal alignment is still under debate. The aim of this …

Outcomes of total joint arthroplasty in patients with depression: a systematic review

SP Vajapey, JF McKeon, CA Krueger… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Depression has been implicated as a poor predictor of outcomes after total joint
arthroplasty (TJA) of the lower extremity in some studies. We aimed to determine whether …

Knees with anteromedial osteoarthritis show a substantial phenotypic variation prior and following medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

GV Ten Noever de Brauw, T Bayoumi… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the phenotypic variation using the
Coronal Plane Alignment of the Knee (CPAK) classification among 1000 knees with …

Inverse kinematic alignment accommodates native coronal knee alignment better in comparison to adjusted mechanical alignment and restricted kinematic alignment

P Winnock de Grave, T Luyckx… - Knee Surgery …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose was to determine the proportion of native non‐arthritic knees that fit
within the target zones of adjusted mechanical alignment (aMA), restricted kinematic …

Comparison of outcomes after Total knee arthroplasty involving postoperative neutral or residual mild Varus alignment: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

X Wan, Y Yang, D Wang, H Xu, C Huang… - Orthopaedic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Comparing mainly clinical and functional outcomes as well as prosthesis survival with
neutral and residual mild varus alignment, we searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane …

Effect of total knee arthroplasty for valgus knee correction on clinical outcome and patellar position

L Zhou, X Dai, Z Zhou, Q Kong, G Duan… - International …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The purpose was to investigate the effect of different degrees of valgus deformity
correction on patellar position and clinical outcome in patients with valgus knees after total …

Personalised medicine in knee arthroplasty: we need more science!

MT Hirschmann, NF Friederich, R Becker… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2019 - Springer
In the last years, personalised medicine has been increasingly introduced in many medical
fields. As early as in 2015, the European Union has released their council conclusions on …