Total knee arthroplasty in the varus knee: tips and tricks

R Rossi, U Cottino, M Bruzzone, F Dettoni… - International …, 2019 - Springer
… In less than 10% of the cases, a severe varus … The varus arthritic knee can be characterized
by both bone and soft tissue deformity. As recently demonstrated by Thienpont et al., varus

Primary total knee arthroplasty in patients with severe varus deformity A comparative study

SM Teeny, KA KRACKOW… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 1991 - journals.lww.com
Varus deformity is a common finding in candidates for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but very
… in correcting these deformities at the time of arthroplasty. Compared to patients without defor…

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
… pre-operative severe varus arthritic knees, but should … arthritic varus knees did not exhibit
lower clinical scores or higher revision rates in comparison with the arthritic mild varus knees

Clinical and radiological changes of ankle in knee osteoarthritis with varus after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review

Z Feng, M Ma, Y Wang, C Yang, Z Liu, Y Xia - Frontiers in Surgery, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Arthritis with severe varus deformity remains a challenge in total knee arthroplasty
(TKA). Until recently, surgeons aimed at a neutral lower limb alignment when performing …

Medial soft tissue contracture does not always exist in varus osteoarthritis knees in total knee arthroplasty

T Ushio, H Mizu‐uchi, K Okazaki… - Knee Surgery …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… in healthy and postoperative knees, osteoarthritis (OA) knees exhibit articular cartilage wear
… OA knees. The purpose of this study was to evaluate soft tissue balance in varus OA knees

Radiographic assessment of knee–ankle alignment after total knee arthroplasty for varus and valgus knee osteoarthritis

F Gao, J Ma, W Sun, W Guo, Z Li, W Wang - The Knee, 2017 - Elsevier
knee–ankle alignment after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for varus and valgus osteoarthritis
(OA) of the knee… The aim of this retrospective study was to assess knee–ankle alignment after …

The effect of extraarticular varus and valgus deformity on total knee arthroplasty

AM Wolff, DS Hungerford, CL Pepe - Clinical Orthopaedics and …, 1991 - journals.lww.com
… The results of this analysis are presented in Table 1; femoral and tibial varus and valgus
deformities located along the shafts of each bone are shown. For the sake of clarity and space, …

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
varus osteoarthritis might experience superior clinical results following TKA if the knee was
left somewhat in varus … mild varus alignment in cases of varus osteoarthritis would lead to …

Functional knee phenotypes of OA patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty are significantly more varus or valgus than in a non-OA control group

JY Jenny, F Baldairon, MT Hirschmann - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2022 - Springer
knee phenotypes [8]; lower angles were considered varus deformities and upper angles
valgus … manual stress (valgus stress for varus knees and varus test for valgus knees) to reduce …

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
… Remaining mild varus limb alignment leads to better clinical outcome in total knee arthroplasty
for varus osteoarthritis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2017; 25 (11) 3488-3494 …