Directly positioned landmarks on the proximal femur, distal femur, proximal tibia, and distal tibia.

A New Method to Assist Surgical Decision-Making in Lower-Limb Alignment

/ Basic Science, Editor's Choice, Foot and Ankle, Hip, Knee, Orthopaedic Essentials

Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski discusses a new study from The Netherlands that presents a fully automatic method for assessing lower-limb alignment from computed tomography (CT) scans.  

Lower-limb malalignment may be associated with substantial symptoms and functional disability. Often, malalignment in …