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Table 5 Comparison of postoperative knee alignment angles and function score between valgus and varus knees in patients with WSD. P value < 0.05 means statistically significance and expressed as a (*) form

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

Knee angles

Knee alignments

P value

Valgus (n = 15)

Varus (n = 20)

mHKA, °

2.9 ± 2.05 (−0.2 to 7.2)

−4.6 ± 3.62 (−11.5 to 0)

0.018*

LDFA, °

87.0 ± 1.77 (83.0 to 89.1)

88.9 ± 2.40 (85.7 to 93.8)

0.018*

MPTA, °

88.5 ± 2.09 (83.0 to 91.3)

84.9 ± 2.39 (81.5 to 89.8)

0.018*

ROM, °

120.0 ± 1.93 (40 to 47)

119.0 ± 3.44 (112 to 125)

0.109

Oxford Knee Score

44.2 ± 1.93 (40 to 47)

42.9 ± 2.79 (38 to 47)

0.892

Knee Society Score

179.7 ± 9.80 (164 to 199)

176.4 ± 13.94 (148 to 200)

0.285

  1. Values reported as mean ± standard deviation (range).*P values computed by Fisher’s exact test, and others were computed by a Wilcoxon signed-rank test
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