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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Comparison of anatomical factors before and after surgery in both non-valgus and valgus groups

From: Factors influencing knee valgus alignment in Crowe type IV hip dysplasia after total hip arthroplasty

  

Non-valgus group

  

Valgus group

 

Variable

Before surgery

After surgery

p value

Before surgery

After surgery

p value

HKA (°)

177.66 ± 2.96

181.16 ± 3.30

 < 0.001

173.15 ± 2.88

174.26 ± 2.51

0.096

mLDFA (°)

83.83 ± 3.11

86.98 ± 3.28

 < 0.001

81.50 ± 2.29

82.50 ± 2.20

0.138

aTFA (°)

172.94 ± 11.82

176.45 ± 3.22

0.02

164.87 ± 19.94

170.20 ± 3.53

0.213

LLD (mm)

−11.93 ± 20.16

−0.69 ± 10.80

 < 0.001

−21.20 ± 19.05

−4.65 ± 11.25

0.001

HHC (mm)

74.42 ± 18.76

18.61 ± 5.13

 < 0.001

71.74 ± 25.06

16.76 ± 7.84

 < 0.001

LHC (mm)

49.10 ± 11.45

23.61 ± 3.66

 < 0.001

47.80 ± 18.22

22.82 ± 4.97

 < 0.001

FO (mm)

23.81 ± 9.28

33.51 ± 4.81

 < 0.001

25.03 ± 10.92

31.13 ± 4.78

0.028

NSA (°)

137.09 ± 16.58

137.60 ± 4.43

0.818

133.58 ± 15.18

137.89 ± 5.52

0.206

Pelvic obliquity (°)

3.12 ± 6.86

0.07 ± 5.34

 < 0.001

5.70 ± 7.29

3.02 ± 5.73

0.069

  1. HKA hip–knee–ankle angle, mLDFA mechanical lateral distal femoral angle, aTFA anatomical tibiofemoral angle, LLD limb length discrepancy, HHC height of hip center, LHC lateral distance of hip center, FO femoral offset, NSA neck-shaft angle