Lateral opening-wedge osteotomy has some advantages over the medial closing-wedge technique; they include a single bone cut with less potential errors, avoidance of the medial vascular structures, and better control of the amount of correction. The procedure, which aims at slight overcorrection, ...
This method could be an open-wedge osteotomy that minimizes the risk for patellofemoral pathology, with potentially good bone healing capacity. Randomized clinical trials with conventional OWHTO will be necessary to show the clinical significance of this procedure. Acknowledgments The authors thank ...
Degrees of correction in frontal and sagittal plane were converted to millimetres of wedge to be resected, as measured on the calibrated radiographs. In the OR, callipers and rulers were used to define the wedge in the bone with K-wires under fluoroscopic guidance. Transverse plane cor- rection...
We must be very careful with indications formuscle transfersin the upper limbs. Surgery in the lower limbs should aim to balance the hips, extend the knees, and flatten the feet. In all circumstances, it is crucial to preserve the functional adaptations that the patient has already made; they...
In patients who continued to experience less than 10 degrees of ankle dorsiflexion after opening-wedge correction osteotomy, Vulpius-type Achilles tendon lengthening techniques were additionally required. In addition to one foot ring, four circular external rings were applied from the proximal tibia to ...
The proposed technique is a combination of oblique medial malleolar osteotomy and distal tibial opening-wedge osteotomy: the oblique medial malleolar osteotomy provides excellent visualization for talar defect; the OLTs are managed with osteochondral autograft transplantation while the varus ankle malalignment...
Twenty-one patients with a variety of underlying diagnoses, five with bilateral deformities, underwent this procedure. The technique involved making either a medially based closing or opening wedge with the distal limb of the osteotomy through the physis or the physeal scar so that it ...
After failing conservative treatment, she underwent an ankle arthroscopy, Brostr枚m-Gould procedure, peroneal retinacular repair with peroneal tenolysis, and a distal tibial medial opening wedge osteotomy using a porous titanium metal wedge and a one-third tubular plate. At 6-month follow-up, her...
The indications for correction were based on the patients' level of activities, pain, functional limitations, loss of grip strength or deformity occurring with an extra-articular rotational malunion of the distal end of the radius. The procedure included a dorsal open wedge...
This provides for relative ease of catheter insertion, such as when the distal tip region 20 is passed through a valved introducer during initial catheter placement, or through a subcutaneous tunnel in an over-the-guidewire catheter exchange procedure. In one embodiment, the nose portion 30 is ...