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ArticleOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2026

Correlation of Plain Radiographs and 3-Dimensional CT With Coronal and Sagittal Measurements in Patients Undergoing Corrective Osteotomies.

Ajay C Kanakamedala, Maximilian Hinz, YuChia Wang, Richard L Amendola, Claire Ryan, Jonathan McKeeman, Michael J Alaia, Matthew T Provencher, Armando F Vidal

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Ajay C KanakamedalaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
Maximilian HinzDepartment of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Technical University of Munich, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-8420
YuChia WangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9138-7463
Richard L AmendolaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Claire RyanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, OrthoLonestar, Austin, Texas, USA.
Jonathan McKeemanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0513-4262
Michael J AlaiaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Langone Health, New York City, New York, USA. Presented as a poster at the annual meeting of the AOSSM, Nashville, Tennessee, July 2025.
Matthew T ProvencherDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado, USA.
Armando F VidalDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado, USA.

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Background: The patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) used during corrective high tibial osteotomies and distal femoral osteotomies is based on 3-dimensional computed tomography (3D CT). Plain radiographs are typically used preoperatively to determine the need for an osteotomy; however, it is unclear how well measurements on plain radiographs correlate with 3D CT. Purpose/Hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation between coronal and sagittal alignment measurements on plain radiographs and 3D CT. It was hypothesized that there would be high agreement in the measurement of the mechanical medial tibial width ratio (mMTWr) and the medial posterior tibial slope (PTS) between both modalities. Study Design: Cohort study (diagnosis); Level of evidence, 3. Methods: Patients who underwent hip-to-ankle CT as part of the preoperative workup before a corrective osteotomy from October 2020 to November 2023 were reviewed. Coronal (mMTWr) and sagittal alignment (medial PTS) were evaluated preoperatively by 2 raters on standing whole-leg radiographs and a lateral radiograph of the knee, respectively, and by semi-automated PSI software on 3D CT. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated to assess interrater reliability for each measurement and to evaluate agreement between raters and the PSI software. Results: Complete data sets were obtained for 91 cases. The ICC between raters for preoperative mMTWR was 0.99. The ICC between the raters' measurements and the PSI software measurements of mMTWr was 0.99. The ICC between raters for preoperative PTS was 0.82. The ICC between the raters' measurements and the PSI software's PTS measurements was 0.63. Conclusion: This study found that coronal measurements performed on whole-leg radiographs and 3D CT were highly correlated, with near-perfect agreement, and that medial PTS measurements showed moderate agreement between modalities. These data suggest that measurements on plain radiographs are reproducible and accurate for evaluating coronal alignment and PTS preoperatively. Surgeons can confidently use plain radiographs to assess whether or not a patient is a candidate for a knee osteotomy.

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3-dimensional computed tomographyaccuracydistal femoralhigh tibialmeasurementosteotomypatient specificradiographsreliability

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