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Component alignment in simultaneous bilateral or unilateral total knee arthroplasty

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A bilateral total knee prosthesis procedure can be performed simultaneously in patients with bilateral gonarthrosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the differences in component alignment between the simultaneous bilateral TKA and unilateral TKA. A total of 20 patients out of 40 underwent simultaneous bilateral TKA, whereas 20 patients had unilateral TKA. The component alignments were compared radiographically. There was no statistically significant difference in the component alignment between the simultaneous bilateral TKA group and the unilateral TKA group. In conclusion, component alignment of the patients with simultaneous bilateral TKA is similar to that of unilateral TKA.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Turkey

    Volkan Kilincoglu

  2. Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Kadikoy, 34349, Istanbul, Turkey

    Koray Unay, Kaya Akan, Irfan Esenkaya & Oguz Poyanli

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Kilincoglu, V., Unay, K., Akan, K. et al. Component alignment in simultaneous bilateral or unilateral total knee arthroplasty. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 35, 43–46 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-010-0993-9

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