Effect of the Extent of Release for Knee Balancing on Post-Operative Limb Coronal Alignment After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Mohammad M AlzahraniThomas J WoodLyndsay E SomervilleSteven J MacDonaldJames L HowardEdward M VasarhelyiBrent A LantingPublished in: Orthopedic research and reviews (2020)
Although we found no association between post-operative coronal alignment of a TKA and the degree of soft tissue release and bony resection, this likely represents the fact that a balanced TKA is dynamic and not dependent on change of single radiographic parameters. Patient-reported outcomes were not impacted by the extent of releases.