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SURGICAL TECHNIQUE

Mechanical alignment alternatives: From anatomical to kinematic alignment in total knee arthroplasty
Sébastien Lustig*, Elliot Sappey Marinier*, Frederic Sailhan**, Emmanuel Marchetti***, Pascal Duffiet****, David Benzaquen*****, Charles Rivière****** N°006 - July / August 2020

Traditionally for the last 4 decades, the best outcome for a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was seen with the mechanical alignment (MA) concept aiming for a neutral leg axis (180° mechanical femorotibial angle). At the same time, the MA technique aligns the femoral and tibial component frontally in 90° to the mechanical axis in order to create a femorotibial joint line perpendicular to the neutral mechanical axis.

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