Association of HSS score and mechanical alignment after primary TKA of patients suffering from constitutional varus knee that caused by combined deformities: a retrospective study

Abstract For pre-operative osteoarthritis (OA) patients with varus knee, previous studies showed inconsistent results. Therefore, we conducted this study to better identify the association of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) score and mechanical alignment. 44 patients (51 knees) with constitutiona...

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Main Authors: Zhifeng Zhang, Wei Chai, Guanghui Zhao, Qida Zhang, Zhenxian Chen, Xinyao Wang, Pingping Wei, Yanwei Zhang, Zhongmin Jin, Yusheng Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81285-6