Opposite cortical fracture in high tibial osteotomy: Lateral closing compared to the medial opening-wedge technique

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 508-514

  Van Raaij, Tom M ^a   Brouwer, Reinoud W ^b   De Vlieger, Rogier ^a   Reijman, Max ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY; BONE MALFORMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51049088168     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710015508     Document Type: Article

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