The role of the high tibial osteotomy in the unstable knee

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-31

  Robert Giffin, J ^a,b   Shannon, Fintan J ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

High tibial osteotomy; Instability; Knee; Posterior tibial slope

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; CADAVER; DECISION MAKING; DOG; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIA;

EID: 33846984649     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3180310a89     Document Type: Review

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