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The mean mechanical axis deviation measured was 21 mm with five patients showing varus and eight patients showing valgus malalignment.
Mean mechanical axis deviation preoperatively was 13 mm in lateral direction (range, 15 mm in medial direction to 30-mm in lateral direction).
Mean mechanical axis in our SPPC series was 181° (± 4°).
Mean mechanical axis of templating TKAs was 181° with a fraction of outliers of 0.3, and mean mechanical axis of conventional TKAs was 179˚ (outlier fraction 0.5).
The mean mechanical axis deviation (MAD) was 16 (1–29) mm preoperatively and 8.7 (20 of varus to 20 of valgus) mm at the final follow-up.
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Mean preoperative mechanical axis in the SPPC group was 175° (range 162 188, SD 6.4).
Mean values of mechanical axis, range, and number of outliers were compared between the groups and intraclass correlation coefficients were obtained for all measurements (Table 3).
On radiographs, the average measured angles differed significantly in all angles except from the mechanical axis, but all mean measurements in the frontal plane were within ±1° of expected ideal.
Valgus mechanical axis deviation was seen in 10 patients and the mean MAD was 8.7 mm of varus at the final follow-up.
Patients were assessed a mean ± SD of 26 ± 13 months after surgery, and had a mechanical axis angle ranging from 4.5° valgus to 7° varus.
Details of preoperative alignment and deformity are summarized in Table 2.> -wrap-foot>> -wraDataot> areta are presented as means, (SDs), and ranges aDeformity was measured in degrees and defined as the deviation from the ideal mechanical axis on HKA X-rays.
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