ArticleAsia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology2020
High tibial osteotomy solely for the purpose of return to lifelong sporting activities among elderly patients: A case series study.
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- High tibial osteotomy in geriatric patients with gonarthrosis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Preoperative activity, postoperative flexion contractures, and degree of medial cartilage damage affects achievement of high physical activity after open wedge high tibial osteotomy.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Return to sports after unilateral medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy in highly active patients: Analysis of factors affecting functional recovery.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Comparison of different degrees of varus deformity correction with open-wedge high tibial osteotomy: a retrospective study over 5 years.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Association of clinical symptoms and metabolic syndrome-related factors in patients undergoing high tibial osteotomy.Journal of physical therapy science · 2023Article
- Good clinical outcomes and return to sports after hybrid closed-wedge high tibial osteotomy.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Femoral-varus tibial-valgus osteotomy (FVTVO) for neutrally-aligned knee osteoarthritis with severe joint line obliquity enables return to sports activities: A case series study.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2023Article
- Around-knee osteotomy conversion for failed high tibial osteotomy: Re-correction high tibial osteotomy and additional distal femoral osteotomy may enable return to sporting activities.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common joint disease among older individuals, associated with increased mortality rates. The current study was conducted to examine whether open wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) is an effective treatment for elderly patients with a desire to return to sporting activities (RTS) who do not report inconvenience or pain in activities of daily living. We examined a case series of 9 KOA patients (12 knees) aged 50 or above with a desire for RTS, who underwent HTO. We assessed patients before surgery and 2 years after surgery to evaluate surgical outcomes and RTS. The results revealed that patients' average Japanese Orthopaedic Association score was significantly improved at 2 years after surgery (97.5 ± 4.5), compared with the preoperative score (87.9 ± 7.2; p = 0.008). In addition, the average Tegner activity level score was significantly improved at 2-year follow-up (5.8 ± 1.1) compared with the preoperative score (2.8 ± 1.1; p < 0.001). Eight of nine cases except a marathon runner returned to pre-symptom sporting performance levels. Overall, the current findings suggest that OWHTO provides an appropriate treatment for older KOA patients with a desire for RTS.
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