MAKO robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty cannot reduce the aggravation of ankle varus incongruence after genu varus correction ≥ 10°: a radiographic assessment.

Journal: BMC musculoskeletal disorders
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to investigate the ankle alignment alterations after the correction of knee varus deformity in MAKO robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty (MA-TKA).

Authors

  • Gang Jin
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
  • Yongyong Fan
    Department of Orthopaedics, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
  • Lingjun Jiang
    Department of Orthopaedics, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
  • Zhongyi Chen
    Department of Orthopaedics, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
  • Chenglong Wang
    Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.