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Open Versus Closed Wedge Distal Femoral Varus Osteotomy for the Valgus Knee. Indications Clinical and Radiological Outcome

Open Versus Closed Wedge Distal Femoral Varus Osteotomy for the Valgus Knee. Indications Clinical and Radiological Outcome

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100 years and younger
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Phase N/A

Overview

This study is to analyze the indications of the two most popular techniques of distal femoral osteotomy (DFO) performed in patients with valgus malalignment and symptomatic degenerative changes in the lateral compartment of the knee and to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcome of a case series of patients who have received this operation at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and the Department of Surgery of the University Hospital Basel.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients who received a distal femoral osteotomy (DFO) for valgus knee osteoarthritis between 1.1.2013 and 31.12.2017

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Absence of informed consent
  • Absence of X-Rays documenting the preoperative deformity or postoperative result

Study details
    Valgus Malalignment of the Knee

NCT04382118

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

16 February 2024

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