Case Report

Total Knee Arthroplasty in Severe Valgus Osteoarthritis Excellent Early Results in a 90-Year-Old Patient with a Valgus Deformity of 47°

Table 1

Studies reporting TKA in valgus osteoarthritis showing the mean valgus and patient age.

StudyNumber of kneesMean valgus alignmentRange of valgusMean age of patients in yearsRange of patient age in years

Lombardi Jr. et al [3].9715°10−31°6642−88
Ranawat et al. [1]4215°Not reportedNot reportedNot reported
Zhou et al. [15]3233°21−52°5747−63
Apostolopoulos et al. [4]2423°15−35°7257−79
Karachalios et al. [16]3427°20−40°Not reportedNot reported
Sekiya et al. [17]4714°6−24°6550−77
Chalidis et al. [18]5711°10−17°7145−77
Hadjicostas et al. [19]1521°17−27°7364−80
Bremer et al. [20]7920°8−40°71Not reported
Boyer et al. [21]6315°10−27°6526−81
Mullaji and Shetty [22]1019°10−376548−77