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ReviewKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2016

Load distribution in early osteoarthritis.

Andreas H Gomoll, Peter Angele, Vincenzo Condello, Vincenzo Madonna, Henning Madry, Pietro Randelli, Nogah Shabshin, Peter Verdonk, Rene Verdonk

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Review in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Andreas H GomollDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. agomoll@partners.org.
Peter AngeleDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Sporthopaedicum Regensburg, Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Vincenzo CondelloDepartment of Orthopedic and Traumatology, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Via Don Sempreboni, 5, 37024, Negrar, Verona, Italy.
Vincenzo MadonnaDepartment of Orthopedic and Traumatology, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Via Don Sempreboni, 5, 37024, Negrar, Verona, Italy.
Henning MadryCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Saarland University, Kirrberger Strasse 100, Building 37-38, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Pietro Randelli2nd Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
Nogah ShabshinHospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Peter VerdonkDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Jan Palfijn Ziekenhuis, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
Rene VerdonkDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Jan Palfijn Ziekenhuis, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Total knee replacement is an accepted standard of care for the treatment of advanced knee osteoarthritis with good results in the vast majority of older patients. The use in younger and more active populations, however, remains controversial due to concerns over activity restrictions, implant survival, and patient satisfaction with the procedure. It is in these younger patient populations that alternatives to arthroplasty are increasingly being explored. Historically, osteotomy was utilized to address unicompartmental pain from degeneration and overload, for example, after meniscectomy. Utilization rates of osteotomy have fallen in recent years due to the increasing popularity of partial and total knee arthroplasty. This article explores the indications and outcomes of traditional unloading osteotomy, as well as newer options that are less invasive and offer faster return to function.

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Patient SatisfactionWeight-BearingAge FactorsArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeEarly Medical InterventionHumansKnee JointOsteoarthritis, KneeOsteotomyTreatment OutcomeEarly OAHigh tibial osteotomyKnee osteoarthritisOverloading

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PMID27085358

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