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Fixed 6° distal femoral cut consistently achieves neutral alignment for Asians, Caucasians, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders.

Maveric AbellaVera OngTyler ThorneBrent ShimodaSamantha N AndrewsCass K Nakasone
Published in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2022)
NHPI appear to have similar preoperative deformities to Asians with both groups having significantly more varus alignment than Caucasians. Despite a wide range of preoperative deformity, application of a fixed distal femoral cut of 6° valgus successfully established a neutral MA equally in the majority of patients across all three racial groups.
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