| Literature DB >> 8472414 |
S Odenbring1, A M Berggren, L Peil.
Abstract
A preoperative reliable recording of the knee alignment is necessary to calculate the correct wedge at high tibial osteotomy for medial gonarthrosis. To determine the reproducibility of the hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA), a preoperative, whole lower limb roentgenogram was obtained twice in eight patients, and each roentgenogram was judged by two radiologists. Assessment of the HKA had a variability of at most 2 degrees, which is highly significant for a reliable calculation of the wedge at tibial osteotomy.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8472414
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res ISSN: 0009-921X Impact factor: 4.176