[Maquet osteotomy for treatment of knee osteoarthritis]

Semicircular osteotomy within the proximal epiphysis of the tiba has been performed in 24 females with osteoarthritis of the knee. There were 16 cases of lateral compartment involvement with concomitant valgus deformity and 8 cases of medial compartment involvement with varus deformity. A follow-up clinical radiological assessment included 18 patients. Excellent results were found in 27.7 per cent, good in 61 per cent, fair in 11.2 per cent of the cases. No poor results have been observed. High efficacy of this method along with its relatively low invasiveness and inconsiderable complication rate allows for its extensive use, even in the elderly patients.