Averaging rotational landmarks during total knee arthroplasty reduces component malrotation caused by femoral asymmetry

Averaging rotational landmarks during total knee arthroplasty reduces component malrotation caused by femoral asymmetry

Abstract Background Femoral component malrotation is a common cause of patient dissatisfaction after total knee arthroplasty. The sulcus line (SL) is more accurate than Whiteside’s line as it corrects for variation in the coronal orientation of the groove. The hypothesis is that averaging the SL and...

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Main Authors: Tat Woon Chao, Liam Geraghty, Pandelis Dimitriou, Simon Talbot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Subjects:
Knee
Arthroplasty
Malrotation
Prosthesis
Femoral rotation
Whiteside’s line
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-017-0575-2

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