The impact of different alignment strategies on bone cuts in total knee arthroplasty for varus knee phenotypes.
Benjamin L SchelkerCéline S MoretManuel P SavaRüdiger von Eisenhart-RotheHeiko GraichenMarkus P ArnoldVincent LeclercqMichael Tobias HirschmannPublished in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA (2023)
This study shows that significantly different amounts of bone resection are required depending on the varus phenotype and the alignment strategy chosen. Based on the simulations performed, it can, therefore, be assumed that an individual decision for the respective phenotype is more important than the dogmatically correct alignment strategy. By including such simulations, the modern orthopaedic surgeon can now avoid biomechanically inferior alignments and still obtain the most natural possible knee alignment for the patient.