Opening wedge tibial osteotomy: The 3-triangle method to correct axial alignment and tibial slope

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 378-387

  Noyes, Frank R ^a,c   Goebel, Steven X ^a   West, John ^b  

^a Cincinnati Sportsmed/Orthoped Ctr   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Deaconess Hospital Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee; Opening wedge osteotomy; Tibial slope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL ALIGNMENT; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BUTTRESS PLATE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPENING WEDGE TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TIBIA PROXIMAL OSTEOTOMY; TIBIAL SLOPE; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; REFERENCE VALUES; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13944249834     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504269034     Document Type: Article

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