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The Effect of Opening-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy on the Posterior Tibial Slope Assessed by Three Different Evaluation Methods
Abolfazl Bagherifard 1, Mahmood Jabalameli1 , Jafar Rezazadeh1 , Alireza Askari1 , Amin Yoosefzadeh1 , Mehdi Mohammadpour1 , Fatemeh Karimi Maleh1
1- Bone and Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Shafa Orthopedic Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Background: Recently, opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) has attracted much interest due to its advantages over closing-wedge HTO. However, it has been reported to influence the posterior tibial slope (PTS), potentiating the knee for subsequent complications.
Keywords: High Tibial Osteotomy, Opening-Wedge, Posterior Tibial Slope
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Subject: Knee surgery
Received: 2019/09/9 | Accepted: 2018/08/15 | Published: 2018/08/15
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