Osteotomies in the treatment of gonarthrosis
✍ Scribed by J. Cañadell; J. L. Imizcoz; J. R. Valenti; C. Villas; A. Oriaifo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 327 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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In a prospective series of 52 knees selected for high tibial osteotomy because of early medial arthrosis, special care was taken to obtain a final overcorrection in valgus The operative procedure and the pre and post-operative radiographic examinations were standardized and the follow up was 1-3 yea
In three cases operated with high tibial osteotomy for medial gonarthrosis the exact method of roentgen stereophotogrammetry with tantalum balls as bone markers (Selvik 1974) was used to study angular and translational movements in three dimensions at the operation and during the healing period Tibi
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