High tibial osteotomy with overcorrection of varus malalignment in medial gonarthrosis.
Seventy-eight knee joints with varus malalignment were examined preoperatively using three-point measurement. Operation was performed with or without 5 degrees overcorrection of the varus deformity using random selection. The overcorrection group showed significantly better results than the normal-correction group.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D011897:Random Allocation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing