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Table 2 TPD distribution in the three groups of patients

From: Difference between medial and lateral tibia plateau in the coronal plane: importance of preoperative evaluation for medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

TPD (mm)

Medial UKA

(n = 80)

TKA

(n = 45)

Early stage OA

(n = 56)

-3 to 0

4 (5%)

2 (4.4%)

2 (3.6%)

0 to 5

30 (37.5%)

18 (40%)

18 (32.1%)

5 to 10

46 (57.5%)

25 (55.6%)

36 (64.3%)

  1. TKA total knee arthroplasty, UKA unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, OA osteoarthritis, mFTA mechanical femoro-tibial axis, TPD tibia plateau difference, FD difference between the medial and lateral femoral condyle levels
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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