title: [Surgical treatment of gonarthrosis deformans in middle-aged and elderly patients].
abstract: For treatment of deforming gonarthrosis in old and senile patients the authors developed and successfully applied extra-articular surgical methods. In stage I-II of the disease--prolonged osteotomy of the tibial bone was made; in disorders of the extremity axis--the correcting osteotomy of the tibial bone was made. According to the authors' opinion restorative treatment in the postoperative period is very important.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kuz'menko
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Gorodnichenko
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001860:Bone Plates; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Operativnoe lechenie deformiruiushchego gonartroza u lits pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.