Constitutional Varus Does Not Affect Joint Line Orientation in the Coronal Plane

• Published in: Clinical orthopaedics and related research Vol. 472; no. 1; pp. 98 - 104
• Main Authors: Victor, Jan M. K., Bassens, David, Bellemans, Johan, Gürsu, Sarper, Dhollander, Aad A. M., Verdonk, Peter C. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.01.2014; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
• Subjects: Adult; Bone Malalignment - diagnostic imaging; Conservative Orthopedics; Female; Humans; Knee; Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Orientation; Orthopedics; Osteoarthritis, Knee - diagnostic imaging; Radiography; Reference Values; Sports Medicine; Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Symposium: 2013 Knee Society Proceedings; Varus Deformity; Joint Line; Coronal Plane; High Tibial Osteotomy; Mechanical Axis

Background In a previous study, we described the distribution of coronal alignment in a normal asymptomatic population and recognized the occurrence of constitutional varus in one of four individuals. It is important to further investigate the influence of this condition on the joint line orientatio...