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Table 1 Preoperative and postoperative alignment of the 223 knees determined by on full-length films

From: Using short knee radiographs to predict the coronal alignment after TKA: Is it an accurate proxy for HKA on full-length images?

Parameters

Preoperative

Postoperative

Coronal alignment

 Neutral (−3° ≤ HKA ≤ 3°)

18 (8.1%)

83 (37.2%)

 Varus (HKA > 3°)

200 (89.7%)

126 (56.5%)

 Valgus (HKA < −3°)

5 (2.2%)

14 (6.3%)

Alignment of the tibial tray

 Neutral (88° ≤ mMPTA ≤ 92°)

 

127 (56.9%)

 Varus (mMPTA < 88°)

 

78 (35.0%)

 Valgus (mMPTA > 92°)

 

18 (8.1%)

Alignment of the femoral component

 Neutral (88° ≤ mLDFA ≤ 92°)

 

104 (46.6%)

 Varus (mLDFA > 92°)

 

100 (44.8%)

 Valgus (mLDFA < 88°)

 

19 (8.6%)

  1. HKA, hip-knee-ankle angle; mMPTA, mechanical medial proximal tibial angle; mLDFA, mechanical lateral distal femoral angle