Opening wedge high tibial osteotomy performed without filling the defect but with locking plate fixation (TomoFix™) and early weight-bearing: Prospective evaluation of bone union, precision and maintenance of correction in 51 cases

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 705-711

  Brosset, T ^a   Pasquier, G ^b,c   Migaud, H ^b,c   Gougeon, F ^d  

^a Clinique Saint Roch   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d Private Hospital la Louvière   (France)

Author keywords

Bone union; High tibial osteotomy; Knee; Knee osteoarthritis; Locking plate; Medial opening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; WEIGHT BEARING; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOGENESIS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 82455168189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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