Total knee arthroplasty with corrective osteotomy for knee osteoarthritis associated with malunion after tibial plateau fracture: a case report

Total knee arthroplasty with corrective osteotomy for knee osteoarthritis associated with malunion after tibial plateau fracture: a case report

Abstract Background When surgeons perform total knee arthroplasty in patients with knee osteoarthritis due to malunion following fractures around the knee joint, corrective osteotomy is recommended for severe deformities. Most such deformities are coronal plane varus or valgus deformities, and repor...

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Main Authors: Toshihiro Hosokawa, Yuji Arai, Shuji Nakagawa, Toshikazu Kubo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Total knee arthroplasty
Corrective osteotomy
Osteoarthritis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2553-5

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