title: Failure of the correction of varus deformity obtained by high tibial osteotomy.
abstract: Failure of the correction of varus deformity after high tibal osteotomy has been analysed in 99 knee joints. As this relapse occurred mainly after removal of the cast at 6 weeks, it is recommended that the patient should not load the affected leg without a cast until 10 weeks after the operation. No patient-linked factor was identified that might be considered to account for the failure of correction during union. There was a tendency for the valgus/varus deviation of the knee, as determined by the three-point technique, to drift in the varus direction. Between 3 and 24 months after the operation this drift was on average 1.1 degree.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*