Revisiting the tibial crest as reference for the mechanical alignment of the tibial component in total knee arthroplasty: a cadaveric study on Caucasian tibiae
Purpose: The accuracy of the tibial crest (TC) in guiding the mechanical alignment of the tibial component in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has been investigated in a few studies on Asian patients. No study analyzed the anatomical variants of the TC. We analyzed the morphological types of the TC in cadaveric tibiae of Caucasian subjects and assessed whether the TC may be considered an accurate guide for the mechanical alignment of the tibial component in TKA.