ArticleOrthopaedic surgery2022
Patellofemoral Joint after Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy: A Comparative Study of Uniplane versus Biplane Osteotomies.
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- Particulated Costal Hyaline Cartilage Allograft and Microdrilling Combined with High Tibial Osteotomy Improves Early Pain Outcomes in Patients Suffering from Medial Knee Osteoarthritis with Full-Thickness Cartilage Defects: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Trial
- Patellofemoral mechanics after uniplane open wedge high tibial osteotomy is superior to those after biplane open wedge high tibial osteotomy.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Fixation stability and stress redistribution following metal block use in opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy: a finite element analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
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objectiveTo the best of our knowledge, there has been no comparative study of changes in radiographic parameters in the sagittal plane between biplane opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) with plate fixation and uniplane OWHTO with spacer implantation. The aim of the study was to compare sagittal radiographs between the procedures of biplane and uniplane OWHTOs in patients with genu varum and to investigate the impact on the patellofemoral joint.
methodsA retrospective study of 71 patients (58.0 ± 5.0 years of age, 58 females and 13 males) with varus-aligned medial compartment knee osteoarthritis treated with OWHTO was performed during the period from January 2016 to February 2019. Thirty-three patients underwent biplane osteotomy with plate fixation (biplane group), and 38 patients underwent uniplane osteotomy with absorbable wedged spacer fixation (uniplane group). Independent t tests were used to compare the two groups according to the preoperative and postoperative radiographic parameters of hip-knee-ankle (HKA) angle, posterior tibial slope (PTS), tibial tubercle prominence (TTP), Caton-Deschamps (CD) index, and Blackburne-Peel (BP) index. During the last follow-up assessment, patients were asked to rate their patellofemoral joint status using the Samsung Medical Center (SMC) patellofemoral (PF) scoring system. The visual analog scale (VAS) was also used to rate knee joint pain when walking.
resultsThere was no significant difference between the two groups in any of the demographic, clinical, or radiological characteristics at baseline (p > 0.05). Comparisons of postoperative sagittal radiographic parameters between patients in the uniplane group and patients in the biplane group showed significant differences in the PTS (13.4° vs 16.6°, t = 4.465, p < 0.001), TTP (9.0 mm vs 4.2 mm, t = 7.950, p < 0.001), and CD index (0.81 vs 0.70, t = 4.035, p < 0.001). At the final follow-up assessment (minimum, 2 years), the SMC PF function score was significantly lower in patients in the uniplane group than in patients in the biplane group (27.8 vs. 32.1, t = 2.458, p = 0.016), but there were no significant differences in the SMC PF pain score or VAS score (p > 0.05).
conclusionThe essential difference in the postoperative sagittal radiographic changes between biplane and uniplane OWHTO was the tibial tubercle prominence, indicating the posterior displacement of the tibial tubercle. Uniplane OWHTO may yield better function of the patellofemoral joint compared to biplane OWHTO.
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