Outcome after high tibial open-wedge osteotomy: A retrospective evaluation of 533 patients

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 170-180

  Floerkemeier, Stephanie ^a   Staubli, Alex E ^b   Schroeter, Steffen ^c   Goldhahn, Sabine ^d   Lobenhoffer, Philipp ^e  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Private Clinic Sonnmatt Luzern   (Switzerland)

^c Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Unfallklinik Tubingen   (Germany)

^d AO Clin Invest and Documentation   (Switzerland)

^e Sportsclinic Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

High tibial osteotomy; Joint preserving technique; Medial osteoarthritis; Open wedge osteotomy; Oxford Knee Score; Tomofix plate fixator

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CONVALESCENCE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871921514     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2087-2     Document Type: Article

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