title: High tibial osteotomy for valgus and varus deformities of the knee.
abstract: In 53 patients with a mean age of 38 (17-73) years, 71 high tibial osteotomies were performed. Twenty-three patients had no radiological signs of osteoarthrosis (Ahlbäck grade 0), whereas 26 patients had primary and 22 patients secondary osteoarthritis. Follow-up was 10.5 (5.8-16.6) years. The patients without radiological osteoarthrosis achieved almost exclusively good or very good scores using the Lysholm-Gillquist (96%) and the Insall scale (83%). By contrast, only 29% of the patients with radiological osteoarthritis achieved good or very good scores. Whether the patient had primary or secondary osteoarthrosis was of no influence. Neither was the preoperative axial deviation.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department of the Charité University Hospital, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. dirk.leutloff@charite.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leutloff
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tobian
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016916:Joint Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome