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. 2022 Apr 8;34:20. doi: 10.1186/s43019-022-00146-2

Table 3.

Radiographic results including patella height

Hemophilia Rheumatoid arthritis p-Value
Number of knees 48 92
Mechanical axis (°)a
 Preoperative Valgus 0.7 ± 8.6 (−18.6 to 17.4) Varus 5.4 ± 8.9 (−23.9 to 24.9) < 0.001
  Varus knees (n = 24/72) Varus 6.4 ± 4.7 (−18.6 to −1.0) Varus 9.0 ± 5.3 (−23.9 to −0.9) 0.036
  Valgus knees (n = 24/20) Valgus 7.8 ± 4.9 (1.1–17.4) Valgus 7.6 ± 6.7 (0.5–24.9) 0.913
 Postoperative Valgus 0.6 ± 2.3 (−4.2 to 5.2) Valgus 0.3 ± 1.9 (−3.8 to 4.8) 0.467
  Aligned knees with mechanical axis of ≤ ±3° 39 84 0.084
  Outlier of > ±3° 9 8
Position of components (°)
 α angle 95.9 ± 1.7 (93.1–100.9) 95.9 ± 1.7 (92.2–102.1) 0.990
 β angle 89.7 ± 1.4 (86.6–92.4) 90.5 ± 1.6 (87.1–93.7) 0.206
 γ angle 4.6 ± 2.2 (0.8–8.9) 3.2 ± 1.8 (0.5–8.4) 0.105
 δ angle 87.7 ± 2.4 (82.4–91.8) 87.3 ± 2.1 (81.3–92.3) 0.248

aNegative values represent varus alignment; positive values indicate valgus alignment of the knee