[Surgical treatment of the knee osteoarthritis].
Surgical treatment of initial osteoarthritis consists of palliative arthroscopic operation, joint toilet, arthroscopic lavage, chondrectomy, meniscectomy, sinovyectomy, meniscus toilet, abrasion arthroplasty, microfracture, mosaicplasty, transplantation of autologic chondrocytes. To cure deviation of axis it is proposed corrective osteotomy in pre-osteoarthritis phase. Partial or total arthroplasty is recommended in treatment of advanced knee degenerative process.
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Klinika za ortopediju Medicinskoga fakulteta Sveucilista u Zagrebu, Salata 6, 10000 Zagreb.