4 Topic Commentaries

Mechanical TKA Alignment Has Most Data

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  Fabrizio Matassi, MD

  Orthopaedic Surgery – Knee Arthroplasty

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  Orthopedic Clinic, AOU Careggi, University of Florence

  The mechanical alignment has been considered the gold standard for decades. — verbatim from source

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  Samuel J. MacDessi, MBBS (Hons), FRACS

  Orthopaedic Surgery – Knee Arthroplasty

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  Sydney Knee Specialists; St George Hospital Clinical School, University of New South Wales

  The ‘mechanical alignment’ (MA) method has been the gold-standard technique since early in TKA development. — verbatim from source

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  Mohit R. Bansal, MBBS, FRCS (Tr&Orth)

  Orthopaedic Surgery – Knee Arthroplasty

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  Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

  Mechanical alignment is still considered to be the gold standard technique in primary TKA. — verbatim from source

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  Simon W. Young, MBChB, MD, FRACS

  Orthopaedic Surgery – Knee Arthroplasty

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  University of Auckland; Health New Zealand Waitematā

  Mechanical alignment (MA) in total knee arthroplasty is regarded as a gold standard; — verbatim from source

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