Avoiding intraoperative complications in open-wedge high tibial valgus osteotomy: Technical advancement

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-203

  Jacobi, Matthias ^a   Wahl, Peter ^a   Jakob, Roland P ^b  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b Spital Tafers ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complication; High tibial osteotomy; Hinge; Open wedge; Precision; Rotation; Slope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOTOMY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIBIA;

BONE WIRES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA;

EID: 77951254457     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0928-4     Document Type: Article

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