Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
From: Common peroneal nerve palsy after TKA in valgus deformities; a systematic review
Inclusion | |
 1 | Valgus deformities > 10 degrees |
 2 | Intervention: Primary total knee arthroplasty |
 3 | Intervention: peroneal nerve release |
 4 | Articles reporting soft tissue release procedures and pre-and postoperative clinical outcomes (e.g., measurements of alignments and common peroneal nerve palsy) |
 5 | Prospective or retrospective study design. |
 6 | Articles written in English or Dutch. |
Exclusion | |
 1 | Valgus deformities < 10 degrees |
 2 | Genu varus, recurvatum, neutral or mixed alignment populations |
 3 | Previous knee surgery, unicompartimental knee arthroplasties or revisions |
 4 | Double publication of the same cohort |
 5 | Systematic reviews, cadaver studies, case reports or studies < 1980 |