Is There a Difference in the Outcome of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Performed Using Kinematic Versus Mechanical Alignment?

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Mezourlo, Greece.
² Knee Arthroplasty Coordinated Health/Lehigh Valley Health Network at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Division of Adult Reconstruction, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Chair, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.
⁵ Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology and International Joint Centre (IJC), Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Mezourlo, Greece.
⁷ Istanbul Medipol University Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁸ Russell A. Hibbs Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Hip and Knee reconstruction, Columbia Orthopaedics, New York, New York.

Review

George A Komnos et al. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Feb.

. 2025 Feb;40(2S1):S88-S90.

doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.10.039. Epub 2024 Oct 19.

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Mezourlo, Greece.
² Knee Arthroplasty Coordinated Health/Lehigh Valley Health Network at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Division of Adult Reconstruction, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Chair, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.
⁵ Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology and International Joint Centre (IJC), Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Mezourlo, Greece.
⁷ Istanbul Medipol University Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁸ Russell A. Hibbs Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Hip and Knee reconstruction, Columbia Orthopaedics, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Keywords: PROMs; TKA; kinematic alignment; mechanical alignment; outcomes.

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