[Opening focal dome osteotomy in the treatment of varus gonarthrosis associated with medial laxity] (original) (raw)

Abstract

We evaluated the short-term results of opening focal dome osteotomy in the treatment of varus gonarthrosis associated with medial laxity. Seventeen knees of 16 patients with varus gonarthrosis associated with medial laxity (15 females, 1 male; mean age 51.6 years; range 45 to 58 years) were managed with opening focal dome osteotomy in our clinic between September 2003 and July 2006. The patients were evaluated for alignment of the lower extremities and medial laxity before and after the operation and were also evaluated clinically by Knee Society (KS) knee scores and Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) knee scores. Mean follow-up was 27 months (range 12 to 44 months). Postoperatively, an average 13.8+/-3.3 degrees mechanical femuro-tibial angle (mFTA) correction was achieved (p=0.001). Average preoperative mechanical varus was 9.9+/-3.1 degrees whereas the mean postoperative mechanical valgus was 3.9+/-0.8 degrees (p=0.001). An average 2.6+/-1.2 mm reduction in medial laxity was ensu...

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