Open AccessHigh tibial closing wedge osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthrosis of knee
Author(s) -
SM Tuli,
Varun Kapoor
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.38585
Subject(s) - medicine , high tibial osteotomy , osteotomy , valgus , genu varum , surgery , osteoarthritis , orthopedic surgery , tibia , alternative medicine , pathology
Most patients of symptomatic osteoarthrosis of knee are associated with varus malalignment that is causative or contributory to painful arthrosis. It is rational to correct the malalignment to transfer the functional load to the unaffected or less affected compartment of the knee to relieve symptoms. We report the outcome of a simple technique of high tibial osteotomy in the medial compartment osteoarthrosis of the knee.