RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF THE OPENING WEDGE PROXIMAL TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY
Carlos Francisco Bittencourt Silva1, Eduardo Kastrup Bittencourt Camara1, Luiz Antonio Vieira2
1Resident Physician at the National Traumatology and Orthopedics Institute (INTO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (2006-2008).
Objective:
To radiographically evaluate individuals who underwent opening wedge proximal tibial osteotomy, with the aim of analyzing the proximal tibial slope in the frontal and sagittal planes, and the patellar height.
Method:
The study included 22 individuals who were operated at the National Traumatology and Orthopedics Institute (INTO) for correction of varus angular tibial deviation using the opening wedge osteotomy (OWO) technique with the Orthofix monolateral external fixator. Patients with OWO whose treatment was completed between January 2000 and December 2006 were analyzed. The measurement technique consisted of using anteroposterior radiographs with loading and lateral views with the operated knees flexed at 30°.
Results:
There were no statistically significant differences between the pre and postoperative tibial slope and patellar height values in the patients evaluated.
Conclusion:
Opening wedge proximal tibial osteotomy is a technique that avoids the problems presented by high proximal tibial osteotomy, since it is done without causing changes to the extensor mechanism, ligament imbalance or distortions in the proximal tibia.
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