title: Surgical treatment of arthritic varus knee by tibial corticotomy and angular distraction with an external fixator.
abstract: The authors report their experience in surgical treatment of the arthritic varus knee. After a comparative study of the most commonly used osteotomy techniques, they describe the results of their first cases of metaphyseal tibial corticotomy and angular distraction using an external fixator (25 cases).
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica, Università di Catania.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Mollica
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Leonardi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Travaglianti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*