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 …

Purpose One long-held tenet of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is that post-operative neutral
limb alignment promotes implant durability. Recently, the concept of generic safe zone …

Background: Implant survival after total knee arthroplasty has historically been dependent
on postoperative knee alignment, although failure may occur when alignment is correct …

Background Varus malalignment after total knee replacement is mentioned to be a major
risk factor for postoperative pain and functional impairments. This wide spread opinion is …

Background Functional alignment (FA) strives to balance the knee soft-tissue envelope
during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using implant alignment adjustments rather than soft …

Purpose We report the six year implant survivorship, tibial component alignment and knee
and limb function measured by the Oxford Knee Score and Western Ontario and McMaster …

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 …

Purpose The optimal coronal alignment is still under debate. However, in most of the
studies, alignment was only assessed using radiographs, which are not accurate enough for …

Background Most knee surgeons have believed during TKA neutral mechanical alignment
should be restored. A number of patients may exist, however, for whom neutral mechanical …

Varus deformity is a common finding in candidates for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but very
little has been written concerning the problems encountered in correcting these deformities …