Remaining mild varus limb alignment leads to better clinical outcome in total knee arthroplasty for varus osteoarthritis

K Nishida, T Matsumoto, K Takayama, K Ishida… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Postoperative neutral limb alignment [femorotibial mechanical axis (FTMA)
180°±3°] is generally considered to be one of the prerequisites for successful total knee …

Residual mild varus alignment and neutral mechanical alignment have similar outcome after total knee arthroplasty for varus osteoarthritis in five-year follow-up

Z Zhang, C Liu, Z Li, P Wu, S Hu… - The journal of knee …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
The effect of residual varus on survival rate and function in patients with varus knee
osteoarthritis (OA) was considered an important issue for successful primary total knee …

Leaving residual varus alignment after total knee arthroplasty does not improve patient outcomes

RM Meneghini, TW Grant, MK Ishmael… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Recent popularity of kinematic alignment and constitutional varus has caused
some surgeons to leave varus limbs in residual varus after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) …

Residual varus alignment can reduce joint awareness, restore joint parallelism, and preserve the soft tissue envelope during total knee arthroplasty for varus …

KH Shin, KM Jang, SB Han - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The objectives were to compare the coronal joint configuration of the knee joints,
coronal gap imbalances requiring substantial medial release, and patient‐reported …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of preoperative varus deformity on postoperative mechanical alignment and long-term results of “mechanical” aligned total knee arthroplasty

SM Oh, SI Bin, JY Kim, BS Lee, JM Kim - Orthopaedics & Traumatology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Preoperative varus deformity may affect postoperative mechanical alignment and
outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In this study, we aimed to determine whether (1) …

[HTML][HTML] Does postoperative mechanical axis alignment have an effect on clinical outcome of primary total knee arthroplasty? A retrospective cohort study

M Salzmann, P Fennema, R Becker… - The open orthopaedics …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: There is an ongoing debate whether patients with constitutional varus should
be restored to neutral mechanical alignment following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) …

Slight undercorrection following total knee arthroplasty results in superior clinical outcomes in varus knees

L Vanlommel, J Vanlommel, S Claes… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Restoration of correct alignment is one of the main objectives of total knee
arthroplasty (TKA). However, the influence of residual malalignment on clinical and …

No impact of under-correction and joint line obliquity on clinical outcomes of total knee arthroplasty for the varus knee

RD Rames, M Mathison, Z Meyer, RL Barrack… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose It has been hypothesized that under-correction of a preoperative varus deformity
may be more natural and improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This study's …

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 …

Does residual varus alignment cause increasing varus laxity at a minimum of five years after total knee arthroplasty?

K Hatayama, M Terauchi, K Saito, H Higuchi - The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The purpose of this study is to investigate whether varus-valgus laxity of
cruciate-retaining (CR) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) changes between 1 year and> 5 years …