From: Short knee radiographs can be inadequate for estimating TKA alignment in knees with bowing
No bowing | Bowing | p value | |
---|---|---|---|
(n = 107) | (n = 107) | ||
Age (years) | 70.01 ± 5.37 | 70.10 ± 5.81 | 0.968a |
Sex | M 3 F 104 | M 5 F 102 | 0.471b |
Side | R 55 L 52 | R 58 L 49 | 0.681b |
FC (°) | 5.66 ± 3.46 | 5.79 ± 3.71 | 0.697a |
Bowing type | none | Femur only (n = 64) Tibia only (n = 24) Femur & Tibia (n = 19) | |
|FBA| (°) | 1.08 ± 1.02 | 4.65 ± 2.33 | < 0.001a |
Femoral bowing direction | none | M 14@L 69 | |
|TBA| (°) | 0.77 ± 0.78 | 1.91 ± 1.60 | < 0.001a |
Tibial bowing direction | none | M 25@L 18 | |
aFTA (°) | 3.91 ± 2.08 | 5.11 ± 2.58 | < 0.001a |
mHKA (°) | −0.83 ± 1.84 | −1.04 ± 2.27 | 0.379a |
aFTA-mHKA difference (°) | 4.74 ± 1.87 | 6.14 ± 2.49 | < 0.001a |