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Table 2 Comparison of preoperative knee angles between the valgus and varus knee in 33 WSD patients

From: Phenotype-considered kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty for windswept-deformity-associated osteoarthritis: surgical strategy and clinical outcomes

Knee angles

Knee alignment in WSD patient

P value

Valgus (n = 33)

Varus (n = 33)

mHKA, °

8.9 ± 4.20 (3.1 to 17.5)

−10.9 ± 6.06 (−23.0 to −3.0)

< 0.001

AA-MA, °

5.4 ± 1.52 (1.7 to 8.2)

6.1 ± 1.37 (2.8 to 9.8)

0.022

LDFA, °

84.3 ± 2.32 (77.9 to 89.5)

88.8 ± 3.05 (83.0 to 94.2)

< 0.001

MPTA, °

89.8 ± 2.18 (86.8 to 95.4)

83.6 ± 2.85 (75.6 to 87.7)

< 0.001

TJLA, °

3.0 ± 1.69 (−0.19 to 7.0)

3.8 ± 2.03 (−0.4 to 9.2)

0.088

  1. Values reported as mean ± standard deviation (range). P values computed by Wilcoxon signed-rank test. N.C. not compared