Sep 2026
FUNCTIONAL ALIGNMENT REDUCES RESIDUAL LATERAL LAXITY AND IMPROVES PATIENT SATISFACTION COMPARED WITH MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT USING A 3° MEDIALLY INCLINED JOINT LINE IMPLANT IN CONSTITUTIONAL VARUS KNEES
This study compared postoperative laxity and clinical outcomes between mechanically aligned total knee arthroplasty (MA-TKA) and functional alignment TKA (FA-TKA) using a 3° medially inclined joint line implant in patients with Coronal Plane Alignment of the Knee (CPAK) type 1. This retrospective cohort stud...
Ken Okazaki, Shunya Otani, M. Itoh et al.
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