Knee Osteoarthritis — Comparison of Outcomes Between Open Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy and Double Level Osteotomy in Antromedial Knee Arthritis With Extra Articular Deformity
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Akamatsu Y, Nejima S, Tsuji M, Kobayashi H, Muramatsu S Joint line obliquity was maintained after double-level osteotomy, but was increased after open-wedge high tibial osteotomy. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 Feb;30(2):688-697. doi: 10.1007/s00167-020-06430-6. Epub 2021 Jan 12.
Babis GC, An KN, Chao EY, Rand JA, Sim FH Double level osteotomy of the knee: a method to retain joint-line obliquity. Clinical results. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2002 Aug;84(8):1380-8. doi: 10.2106/00004623-200208000-00013.
Schuster P, Rathgeb F, Mayer P, Michalski S, Hielscher L, Buchholz J, Kruger L, Richter J Double level osteotomy for medial osteoarthritis and bifocal varus malalignment has excellent short-term results while maintaining physiologic radiographic joint parameters. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2023 Aug;31(8):3124-3132. doi: 10.1007/s00167-022-07247-1. Epub 2022 Dec 10.
Open Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy Versus Double Level Osteotomy
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