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Table 4 Incidence of patella baja and pseudo-patella baja

From: How much preoperative flexion contracture is a predictor for residual flexion contracture after total knee arthroplasty in hemophilic arthropathy and rheumatoid arthritis?

 

Hemophilia

Rheumatoid arthritis

p-Value

Preoperative

 Normal/patella bajaa/PPBb

34/14/0

88/4/0

< 0.001

Postoperative

 Normal/patella bajaa/PPBb

28/15/5

80/4/8

< 0.001

  1. Statistical significance was analyzed in comparison of postoperative incidence of patella baja or pseudo-patella baja in patients with normal preoperative patellar height
  2. aPatella baja: both Insall–Salvati ratio (< 0.8) and Blackburne–Peel ratio (< 0.54) are abnormally low
  3. bPPB (pseudo-patella baja): normal Insall–Salvati ratio (0.8–1.2) but low Blackburne–Peel ratio (< 0.54)