The Bone & Joint Journal”
A patient who underwent total knee arthroplasty maintained a “varus” (outwards) hip-knee-ankle angle, but their joint line angle was changed from apex distal to neutral after surgery. (b) Similarly, this patient retained their “neutral” hip-knee-ankle angle but acquired a neutral joint line angle after surgery. (c) In this case, the patient’s varus and apex distal alignments were both changed to…
