Abstract:The importance of measuring of the angle between the mechanical and anatomical femoral axis (fVa) during the preoperative total knee arthroplasty (TKa) planning is not recognized by all. Some surgeons believe that it is acceptable to set distal femoral resection guide at 6° or 7° in all cases or adjust femoral resection guide fVa accordingly with patient height. We conducted two studies. one-retrospective analysis of radiographs of patients with TKa performed since 1.09.2014 till 31.01.2015 (n = 261, 273 TKa).… Show more
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