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Proximal tibial osteotomies for the medial compartment arthrosis of the knee: a historical journey

Several proximal tibial osteotomy techniques for the medial compartment arthrosis of the knee are described and traced in their development. These techniques are of the closed wedge, dome and open wedge types. We detail the differences in planning and surgery as well the need for different fixation...

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Autores principales: Esenkaya, I., Unay, K., Akan, K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3332323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22434225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-012-0131-x
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description Several proximal tibial osteotomy techniques for the medial compartment arthrosis of the knee are described and traced in their development. These techniques are of the closed wedge, dome and open wedge types. We detail the differences in planning and surgery as well the need for different fixation devices. This historical and technical description will benefit those surgeons wishing to undertake the procedure as an alternative to joint replacement strategies.
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spelling pubmed-33323232012-05-09 Proximal tibial osteotomies for the medial compartment arthrosis of the knee: a historical journey Esenkaya, I. Unay, K. Akan, K. Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr Review Several proximal tibial osteotomy techniques for the medial compartment arthrosis of the knee are described and traced in their development. These techniques are of the closed wedge, dome and open wedge types. We detail the differences in planning and surgery as well the need for different fixation devices. This historical and technical description will benefit those surgeons wishing to undertake the procedure as an alternative to joint replacement strategies. Springer Milan 2012-03-21 2012-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3332323/ /pubmed/22434225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-012-0131-x Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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title Proximal tibial osteotomies for the medial compartment arthrosis of the knee: a historical journey
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title_short Proximal tibial osteotomies for the medial compartment arthrosis of the knee: a historical journey
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