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As well as giving you access to all of the articles published in MO Journal, our site features many other types of content such as filmed presentations and debates from orthopaedic congresses across Europe, webinars, films of surgical techniques, and more.

SURGICAL TECHNIQUE

Mechanical alignment alternatives: From anatomical to kinematic alignment in total knee arthroplasty
Sébastien Lustig*, Elliot Sappey Marinier*, Frederic Sailhan**, Emmanuel Marchetti***, Pascal Duffiet****, David Benzaquen*****, Charles Rivière****** N°006 - July / August 2020

Traditionally for the last 4 decades, the best outcome for a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was seen with the mechanical alignment (MA) concept aiming for a neutral leg axis (180° mechanical femorotibial angle). At the same time, the MA technique aligns the femoral and tibial component frontally in 90° to the mechanical axis in order to create a femorotibial joint line perpendicular to the neutral mechanical axis.

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The 19th "Journées Lyonnaises de Chirurgie du Genou" Live

Olivier Melison - on 22/09/2020

For the second year! You can attend the congress of the 19th Journées Lyonnaises de Chirurgie du Genou live on our website. The Presidents of the congress (Guillaume Demey, Roger Badet and Sébastien Lustig) are very pleased, in the tradition of the Journées Lyonnaises de Chirurgie du Genou which has been leading our group since 1971, to organize the 19th edition which will be devoted

EFORT Launch

Olivier Melison - on 04/06/2019

MO Journal is proud to announce the publication of our first ever European edition! Filled with fascinating interviews, articles on surgical techniques and opinion

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