The postoperative patella height: A comparison of additive and subtractive high tibial osteotomy in correcting the genu varum

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1271-1277

  Schiedel, Frank ^a   Probst, Alexandra ^a   Buller, Tim C ^a   Rödl, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive osteotomy; Coventry's osteotomy; External fixator; Hemicallotasis; High tibia osteotomy; Patella position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACKBURNE PEEL INDEX; CATON DESCHAMPS INDEX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVENTRY OSTEOTOMY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMICALLOTASIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSALL SALVATI INDEX; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIURA INDEX; MOBILIZATION; MODIFIED INSALL SALVATI INDEX; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATELLA BAJA; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLA HEIGHT; POSITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TIBIA TUBEROSITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARUS KNEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GENU VARUM; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PATELLA; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549106284     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0824-x     Document Type: Article

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