The Ability to Achieve a Specific Target Angle on Weightbearing Radiographs After Valgus High Tibial Osteotomy for Medial Knee Arthritis Is Not Predictable.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Standing radiographs are commonly used to plan angular correction in valgus tibial osteotomy for varus gonarthrosis. Most clinical studies have reported postoperative alignment as overall averages or means. The purpose of this study was to compare the preoperatively planned angle of correction measured on weight-bearing radiographs to the follow-up angle measured on weightbearing radiographs in individual patients 6 weeks after surgery and to analyze factors that could potentially affect achieving the planned degree of surgical correction. Our objective was to analyze factors potentially affecting the accuracy and ability to achieve the preoperatively planned correction angle (the target angle) in the individual patient.

Methods

We studied 35 tibial osteotomies (13 C

SUBMITTER: Miller GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451877 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature