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To recreate the mechanical axis of the lower extremity, the orientation of the proximal tibial bone resection must be perpendicular to the line across the centre of the knee and ankle joint (red line), not to the distal tibial shaft (black line). However, a residual amount of ankle malorientation will still be present because the tibial shaft deformity remains
