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Return to sport following distal femur osteotomy: a systematic review.
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- Sports Trauma: From Prevention to Surgery and Return to Sport.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis in Patients Undergoing Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Osteoarthritis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.MedComm · 2026Review
- Hamstring autograft, bone-patellar-tendon-bone autograft and synthetic graft in primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A meta-analysis of comparative studies.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Ten-year minimal follow-up of lateral opening wedge distal femoral osteotomy for lateral femorotibial osteoarthritis: Good survivorship and high patient satisfaction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- The Protective Role of the FIFA 11+ Training Program on the Valgus Loading of the Knee in Academy Soccer Players Across a Season.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Postoperative management following osteotomies around the knee: a narrative review.EFORT open reviews · 2024Review
- Setting hinge position distal to the proximal margin of the distal lateral femur reduces the maximum principal strains of the hinge area and risk of hinge fractures.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Comparison of double chevron-cut and biplanar distal femoral osteotomy techniques: A biomechanical study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Assessment of return to sport and functional outcomes following distal femoral, double level and high tibial osteotomies for active patients with symptomatic varus malalignment.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- In closed wedge distal femur osteotomies for correction of valgus malalignment overcorrection of mLDFA should be avoided.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- MENISCAL ALLOGRAFT TRANSPLANTATION COMBINED WITH ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.Orthopedic reviews · 2023Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Introduction: Distal femur osteotomies (DFOs) are well-accepted procedures in treating unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis associated with valgus malalignment. This study aims to investigate the Return to sport (RTS) after DFO. Materials and methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature according to the PRISMA guidelines, including all articles published in English, with no time limit, excluding double-level knee osteotomies. Results: Five articles were included for an overall cohort of 76 patients. The mean follow-up was 45.53 months. The mean age of the patients at the time of surgery was 33.87 years, and the mean malalignment was 5.59° in valgus. In 70 cases, patients received a lateral DFO, while in 6 cases, a medial closing-wedge DFO. An RTS of 86.1% was observed after DFO and a mean time to RTS of 12.3 months. 76.8% of patients recovered to a level equal to or higher than that practiced before the onset of symptoms. No statistically significant differences were observed in the RTS rate between those who performed lateral or medial DFO. Conclusions: RTS after DFO is ubiquitous and occurs around one year after surgery. In most cases, patients report improved performance compared to what they experienced before the onset of symptoms. Unfortunately, while athletes often have RTS at a similar or better level, other patients often see a return to lower impact sports.
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