ArticleJournal of experimental orthopaedics2023
Open-wedge high tibial osteotomy with a slight valgus correction from neutral limb alignment achieves clinical improvements comparable with those for knees with varus deformity.
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- A long-term comparison of radiographic and clinical outcomes between 62% and 70% weight-bearing line targets in medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Knee Realignment, Life Realigned: A Systematic Review on KOOS-QOL Improvement after Osteotomy.Medeniyet medical journal · 2026Article
- Clinical Outcomes Following Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy in Patients With Medial Compartment Grade 4 Chondromalacia.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025Article
- High tibial osteotomy with individualised alignment and meniscal centralisation improves KOOS sports and recreation and cartilage status compared to conventional Fujisawa-point alignment without centralisation: A propensity score matching study.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy is a viable option in young patients with advanced arthritis in a long-term follow-up.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- Comparison of clinical outcomes among patients treated with high tibial osteotomy and meniscal repair of degenerative medial meniscal tear with mild varus deformity.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 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
- Medial degenerative disease of the knee without radiographic osteoarthritis is a good indication for medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe effect of open-wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) on the preoperative neutral alignment of the knee is unknown. The purpose of this study was to clarify the clinical outcome of OWHTO with neutral alignment, defined as within 4 degrees of varus.
methodsThis retrospective study included 72 knees with varus that underwent medial OWHTO. The knees were divided according to the preoperative hip-knee-ankle angle into a neutral alignment group (≤ 4° of varus alignment) and a varus alignment group (> 4° of varus alignment). The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and the Forgotten Joint Score-12 (FJS-12) were evaluated preoperatively and during at least 2 years of follow-up postoperatively.
resultsThere were no significant differences between the preoperative FJS-12 (17.9 versus 23.7; p = 0.16) and postoperative FJS-12 (57.3 versus 60.6; p = 0.52) or KOOS subscale scores (p > 0.05) in the neutral alignment group or the varus alignment group. Each group had a mean change in the KOOS subscale scores that exceeded the minimum clinically important difference.
conclusionThe short-term clinical results of OWHTO for neutral alignment were as favourable as those for varus malalignment. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
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