The difference in leg lengths following total knee replacement for patients with severe osteoarthritic deformity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Increased height after total knee replacement surgery (TKR) may offer patients higher satisfaction as well as the quality of life. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to document the changes in leg length after TKR in patients with severe bilateral deformities.

Methods

The data of 61 patients were collected from the Egyptian Community Arthroplasty Register; of them, 21 patients had unilateral TKR while 40 had bilateral simultaneous TKR. The patterns of changes in height of 101 osteoarthritic knees were followed up for 1 year after having TKR. All patients had standing leg X-rays, before and after surgery, to document the length of the femur and tibia before and after TKR. Correlations were assessed using the two-sample t-test.

Results

The sample was mostly female

SUBMITTER: Hafez MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10673729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature