How to Perform Concomitant Medial Meniscus Pull-Out Repair With Medial Open-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy Without Technical Failure.

ABSTRACT: Varus alignment of the knee joint (varus >5°) is known as a poor prognostic factor for medial meniscus root repair, and alignment correction is recommended in patients with varus deformity and medial meniscus root tears. However, simultaneous medial meniscus pull-out repair and high tibial osteotomy are technically demanding procedures due to the long surgical time, poor visualization, and breaking of the pull-out sutures during high tibial osteotomy procedures. In the present Technical Note, we will introduce a surgical method to perform 2 procedures simultaneously without technical difficulty. The main surgical techniques are as follows. (1) Release the superficial medial collateral ligament before arthroscopic medial meniscus pull-out repair, which secures sufficient working space and v

SUBMITTER: Jin JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9134484 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature