Medial Metaphyseal Beak Angle as a Predictor for Langenskiöld Stage II of Blount's Disease.

Jidapa WongcharoenwatanaKamolporn KaewpornsawanChatupon ChotigavanichayaPerajit EamsobhanaTinh LaoharojanaphandPiyanuch MusikachartThanase Ariyawatkul

Published in: Orthopaedic surgery (2020)

By using anteroposterior (AP) radiographs of the knee, the MMB angle is a potential radiographic parameter to distinguish between Langenskiöld stage II of Blount's disease and physiologic bowed legs, with an MMB angle >122° predicting Langenskiöld stage II.

Keyphrases

high resolution
total knee arthroplasty
transcription factor
knee osteoarthritis
mass spectrometry