A Retrospective Study of the Risk Factors for Postoperative Foot or Ankle Pain in 90 Patients with Varus Osteoarthritis of the Knee who Underwent Total Knee Arthroplasty

12 November 2021: Clinical Research

Li-Jie Wu ^ABCF , Shi-Gang Jiang ^B , Lu-Kuan Cui ^CD , Qian Zhang ^E , Lei Zhang ^CF , Kai Kang ^BF , Yu-Ming Bai ^AD , Shi-Jun Gao ^AF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.932796

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e932796

Table 1 Incidence of foot or ankle pain and associated risk factors were evaluated before surgery.

	Number of patients	Number of FAP	Incidence (%)	χ2	p
Age				0.000	1.000
	8	2	25.00
≥60	82	20	24.39
Sex				9.079	0.003
Female	53	19	35.85
Male	37	3	8.11
BMI				15.456
	33	1	3.03
25–30	34	10	29.41
>30	23	11	47.83
Genu varus (°)				11.982	0.003
	30	1	3.33
≥6 &	22	6	27.27
≥10	38	15	39.47
Pre-existing ankle OA				9.215	0.002
No	73	13	17.81
Yes	17	9	52.94
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