Biologic Knee Reconstruction: a Surgeon’s Guide
Malalignment-Varus-High Tibial Osteotomy
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de Caro, F; Amendola, A
January 1, 2024
Medial unicompartmental arthritis is frequently encountered in young patients. Degenerative changes of the articular cartilage are more often due to near-total loss of meniscal tissue, ligamentous instability, and malalignment. Alignment of the lower limb has a major influence on the proportion of load shared between the compartments of the tibiofemoral joint, with varus alignment resulting in greater load on the medial side.1,2 In addition, the loss of articular cartilage leads to further progression of tibial malalignment, thus leading to a vicious cycle of increasing medial compartment load and destruction.
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de Caro, F., & Amendola, A. (2024). Malalignment-Varus-High Tibial Osteotomy. In Biologic Knee Reconstruction: a Surgeon’s Guide (pp. 169–176). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003522768-27
Caro, F. de, and A. Amendola. “Malalignment-Varus-High Tibial Osteotomy.” In Biologic Knee Reconstruction: A Surgeon’s Guide, 169–76, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003522768-27.
de Caro F, Amendola A. Malalignment-Varus-High Tibial Osteotomy. In: Biologic Knee Reconstruction: a Surgeon’s Guide. 2024. p. 169–76.
de Caro, F., and A. Amendola. “Malalignment-Varus-High Tibial Osteotomy.” Biologic Knee Reconstruction: A Surgeon’s Guide, 2024, pp. 169–76. Scopus, doi:10.1201/9781003522768-27.
de Caro F, Amendola A. Malalignment-Varus-High Tibial Osteotomy. Biologic Knee Reconstruction: a Surgeon’s Guide. 2024. p. 169–176.