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High valgus tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee

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We report a statistical analysis of the results of 65 tibial osteotomies for primary osteoarthritis of the knee followed up at 3 and 5 years. Preoperative walking ability and the severity of pain are the factors with which the long term prognosis can best be correlated. The preoperative range of motion and mild subluxation become important at 5 years, but these factors were not important at 3 years. Mild instability did not have any influence. The severity of the osteoarthritis in radiographs and the postoperative femoro-tibial angle did not have any important association with the result.

The results are therefore best predicted by preoperative pain and activity. The degree of correction did not affect the result.

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Les auteurs présentent une analyse statistique des résultats à 3 et à 5 ans de l'ostéotomie tibiale pour arthrose sur genu varum, afin d'évaluer l'influence de certains facteurs pré et post-opératoires sur les résultats à distance. Ils ont trouvé que les capacités de marche et l'importance des douleurs étaient les principaux facteurs auxquels le pronostic à long terme pouvait être correlé. La gravité des lésions radiologiques et l'alignement fémorotibial post-opératoire n'influaient pas notablement sur le résultat final. La mobilité pré-opératoire et l'existence d'une subluxation modérée n'avaient d'influence que sur les résultats à 5 ans, mais non à 3 ans. Une instabilité légère semblait n'avoir aucun effet sur le résultat. On peut en conclure que ce sont l'importance de la douleur et le niveau d'activité qui constituent les meilleurs facteurs prédictifs du résultat de l'ostéotomie tibiale. Le valgus post-opératoire ne joue pas vraiment de rôle vis-à-vis du résultat final.

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Bhan, S., Dave, P.K. High valgus tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee. International Orthopaedics 16, 13–17 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182977

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