DISTAL FEMORAL MORPHOLOGY IN HINGED KNEE REPLACEMENT: VALIDATION OF THE NOVEL CITAK CLASSIFICATION

When performing arthroplasty around the hip, choice of stem fixation depends partially on proximal femoral morphology, and the Dorr classification is an important consideration in deciding on stem type. Recently, a distal femoral canal morphology classification system was proposed (the Citak Classification) and descriptive data reported in a German population. The classification system has two main components – the inner diameter of the femoral …