title: Total knee arthroplasty after proximal tibial osteotomy.
abstract: The cases of ten total knee arthroplasty after a proximal tibial osteotomy were compared with those of 50 primary total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis. The groups were matched according to age of patients, length of follow-up and type of prosthesis used. On the basis of HSS, an excellent or good result was obtained in 90% of patients who had had arthroplasty after osteotomy and in 94% of patients after a primary arthroplasty. Though some intraoperative difficulty may be encountered in a secondary prosthesis, osteotomy does not compromise a subsequent arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: II Clinica Ortopedica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcacci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iacono
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaffagnini
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Marchetti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*