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Table 1

Baseline characteristics and preoperative radiographic alignment parameters of patients who underwent TKA using patient-specific or conventional instrumentation.

PSI (n = 41) CI (n = 54) p-value
Age (years, mean ± SD) 72.9 ± 6.3 73.0 ± 9.1 0.018**
Male gender (n, %) 13 (31.7) 17 (31.5) 0.577*
BMI > 30 (n, %) 9 (16.7) 6 (14.6) 0.510*
Valgus OA (n, %) 4 (9.8) 10 (18.5) 0.157*
Alignment parameters (degrees, mean ± SD)
TFA 178.31 ± 4.66 177.58 ± 7.78 0.635**
aLDFA 82.03 ± 2.13 82.24 ± 2.42 0.697**
mPTA 86.11 ± 3.44 86.64 ± 4.31 0.576**
FCTPA 10.17 ± 7.64 8.70 ± 8.99 0.466**
TS 6.06 ± 1.95 5.27 ± 2.08 0.112**

Abbreviations: PSI: patient-specific instrumentarium; CI: conventional instrumentarium; BMI: body mass index; OA: Osteoarthritis; TFA: tibio-femoral angle; aLDFA: anatomic lateral distal femoral angle; mPTA: medial proximal tibial angle; FCTPA: femoral condylar-tibial plateau angle; TS: tibial slope; SD: standard deviation. *Comparisons by Fisher’s exact test; **Student’s t-test.

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