ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2025
A structured framework for standardized 3D leg alignment analysis: An international Delphi consensus study.
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Abstract
purposeTo reach consensus among international experts on a structured framework for standardized 3D leg alignment analysis based on 3D bone models, ensuring consistency and improving clinical applicability.
methodsA Delphi study was performed in four rounds. Rounds 1 and 2 involved a steering and rating group that developed statements based on principles preserving the 3D complexity of anatomical structures, identified through a systematic review. These statements encompassed approaches for deriving joint centres and joint orientations, and defining coordinate systems using 3D bone models. In Rounds 3 and 4, a panel of 35 international experts, including clinicians (54%) and engineers (46%), with participants from Europe (80%), Oceania (9%), Asia (6%), and the Americas (6%), evaluated these statements. Consensus was defined as ≥80% agreement.
resultsRounds 1 and 2 resulted in 31 statements to be included in the survey. Of these, 26 achieved consensus in Round 3, with the five remaining statements refined and reaching consensus in Round 4. Experts agreed on utilising all available relevant surface data to define joint centres, joint orientations, and individual femoral and tibial coordinate systems alongside a combined leg coordinate system, and adopting central 3D axes for femoral version and tibial torsion.
conclusionsThis international Delphi consensus study provides a structured framework for a standardized 3D leg alignment analysis based on 3D bone models. This framework aims to enhance clinical applicability for preoperative planning and execution of uni- and multiplanar correction osteotomies around the knee, reduce the methodological variability in 3D leg alignment analysis literature, and improve cross-study comparability. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V.
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