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Table 8 Association between axial malalignment and worse outcome

From: Does malalignment affect patient reported outcomes following total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review of the literature

Author

Sample size

Type of radiograph

RAQ score

Outcome measure

Association between malalignment and worse outcome

Barrack et al. (2001)

28

CT, LLR

High risk

KSS

Yes

Bell et al. (2014)

112

CT

High risk

OKS VAS

Yes

Lutzner et al. (2010)

73

CT, LLR

High risk

KSS

Yes

Czurda et al. (2010)

38

CT, LLR

Low risk

WOMAC KSS

Yes

Rienmüller et al. (2012)

204

LLR, Axial XR

High risk

KSS

No

Howell et al. (2013b)

101

CT

Medium risk

OKS WOMAC

No

Nicoll and Rowley (2010)

45

CT, SLR

High risk

KSS

No

Longstaff et al. (2009)

146

CT

Low risk

KSS

No

  1. KSS knee society score, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index, OKS Oxford knee score, VAS visual analogue score for pain, LL long leg radiograph, SL straight leg radiograph