A comparison of two osteotomy techniques for tibial lengthening
✍ Scribed by Levent Eralp; Mehmet Kocaoğlu; Korhan Özkan; Mehmet Türker
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 124
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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The results in relation to the correction achieved 1 year after surgery of a series of tibial osteotomies in 50 patients (52 knees) are presented with a total observation time of 10 years. Mean age at the time of osteotomy was 56 years. Overcorrected knees had a significantly better result after 10y