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Accuracy of computer-assisted total knee arthroplasty related to extra-articular tibial deformities.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of postoperative mechanical alignment in computer-assisted total knee arthroplasties (CAS-TKA) related to various degrees of extra-articular tibial deformity.

METHODS: We performed CAS-TKA on 30 knee models in which extra-articular proximal tibial deformities were preset to have malalignments ranging from 30° of varus to 30° of valgus. The knees were assigned to two groups, designated Group A (knees with ≤ 15° preoperative malalignment) and Group B (knees with > 15° preoperative malalignment), and the postoperative mechanical alignment in the two groups was compared using a computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system. Resected bone pieces from the distal femurs and proximal tibias were measured with a digital Vernier caliper and the results compared with the CAS calculations to evaluate the execution accuracy of the bone resection.

RESULTS: There was no outlier in either group when a ± 3° deviation from neutral mechanical alignment was set as the acceptance criterion. Interestingly, Group B showed significantly more outliers when the acceptance criterion was a deviation of ± 2° (26.67%, p = 0.0317) or ± 1° (6.67%, p = 0.0007) from neutral alignment. There was no statistical difference between the groups in terms of the execution accuracy of the bone resection.

DISCUSSION: The CAS-TKA approach provided significantly less alignment accuracy in tibia with greater preoperative frontal deformity, despite there being no outliers beyond ± 3°.

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