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In rheumatoid arthritis knees, disease\u2010related structural changes may affect the bony parameters used for this classification. This study described its distribution and side\u2010to\u2010side agreement in rheumatoid arthritis knees and explored radiographic differences associated with discordance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This single\u2010centre retrospective study included 57 patients and 93 knees treated with unilateral or bilateral total knee arthroplasty for rheumatoid arthritis between January 2014 and December 2024. Classification type was determined from preoperative standing full\u2010length anteroposterior radiographs. Side\u2010to\u2010side agreement was assessed in 36 bilaterally evaluable patients using complete agreement and unweighted Cohen's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03ba<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Side\u2010to\u2010side differences in the medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA), lateral distal femoral angle (LDFA), joint line convergence angle (JLCA) and Larsen score were compared between agreement and discordance groups.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In 93 knees, Type I was most frequent at 36.6% (34 of 93), followed by Type II at 25.8% (24 of 93) and Type III at 24.7% (23 of 93). Types VII\u2013IX were not observed. Complete side\u2010to\u2010side agreement was 36.1% (13 of 36), and unweighted Cohen's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03ba<\/jats:italic>\n                      was 0.152 (95% confidence interval, \u22120.050 to 0.356;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.093). Side\u2010to\u2010side differences in the MPTA, LDFA and JLCA did not differ significantly between groups. A Larsen score difference of at least 1 was more frequent in the discordance group than in the agreement group (78.3% [18 of 23] vs. 38.5% [5 of 13];\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.030), with an odds ratio of 5.760 (95% confidence interval, 1.290\u201325.640).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The classification showed limited side\u2010to\u2010side agreement in rheumatoid arthritis knees, and discordance was associated with asymmetric radiographic structural damage, indicating limited reliability as a standalone surrogate for constitutional alignment or contralateral knee morphology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Level IV.<\/jats:p>\n              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