The complications of high tibial osteotomy: Closing- versus opening-wedge methods

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1245-1252

  Song, E K ^a   Seon, J K ^a   Park, S J ^a   Jeong, M S ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSING WEDGE HIGH TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPENING WEDGE HIGH TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VARUS DEFORMITY; BONE PLATE; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; TIBIA;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 77956363239     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B9.23660     Document Type: Article

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