title: ["High" arcuate osteotomy of the tibia in the treatment of arthrosis deformans of the knee joint].
abstract: The article shows the urgency of the problem of treatment of genu varus deformity consequent upon Stage III arthrosis deformans; nonoperative treatment of this contingent of patients was ineffective. The authors show the results of an operative method for valgoid osteotomy conducted in 52 cases; the patients' ages ranged from 42 to 78 years. The work discusses the clinical picture, techniques, and postoperative management of the patients. The late-term results were studied in follow-up periods of up to 7 years. The results were good in 92% and satisfactory in 8% of patients.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Leonova
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Valentsev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: "Vysokaia" dugoobraznaia osteotomiia bol'shebertsovoĭ kosti v lechenii deformiruiushchego artroza kolennogo sustava.