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IDEAL POSTOPERATIVE ALIGNMENT FOR TKA<br />

ANATOMICAL IS BETTER<br />

Hilde Vandenneucker<br />

UZ KU Leuven, Belgium<br />

1. Tradition = neutral mechanical alignment /Nowadays trend to anatomic restoration<br />

2. Is neutral = anatomical = natural /normal<br />

For an important fraction of normal population (M 32% / F 17%) is natural ≥ 3°varus. Restauration of<br />

neutral alignment might be unnatural, with need for release of medial soft tissue, <strong>in</strong> this population<br />

group<br />

3. Is neutral important for long-term survival<br />

Grow<strong>in</strong>g evidence that mild residual varus is not biomechanical harmful<br />

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