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Title:

Age does not influence the clinical outcome after high tibial osteotomy.

Document type:
Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Kohn, L; Sauerschnig, M; Iskansar, S; Lorenz, S; Meidinger, G; Imhoff, AB; Hinterwimmer, S
Abstract:
Valgus high tibial osteotomy (HTO) is an established procedure for the medial gonarthrosis. In several studies, many negative influencing factors were evaluated. However, until now, the factor "age" was examined only insufficiently. The aim of our study was to evaluate the factor age in predicting the functional outcome after HTO, and we hypothesized that valgus HTO leads to equal results in the treatment of varus osteoarthritis independent of the patient's age.We could generate 13 pairs of pati...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
Year:
2013
Journal volume:
21
Journal issue:
1
Pages contribution:
146-51
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1007/s00167-012-2016-4
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22622776
Print-ISSN:
0942-2056
TUM Institution:
Fachgebiet Sportorthopädie (Prof. Imhoff); Klinik und Poliklinik für Unfallchirurgie
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