Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease and a major cause of disability. The knee is
the large joint most affected. While chronological age is the single most important risk factor …

High tibial osteotomy becomes increasingly important in the treatment of cartilage damage
or osteoarthritis of the medial compartment with concurrent varus deformity. HTO produces a …

Background Patients with focal cartilage defects in the knee may suffer from both pain and
functional impairment. Treatment options are often insufficient. It is not known, however, to …

Background: Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) is a widely accepted
procedure for the treatment of medial compartment arthritis of the knee. Compared with …

Background: Previously reported complications in medial opening wedge (MOW) high tibial
osteotomy (HTO) vary considerably in both rate and severity. Purpose:(1) To determine the …

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) has a significant negative impact on health-related quality of life
(HRQoL). Identification of therapies that improve HRQoL in patients with knee OA may …

Background: It is unclear whether open-or closed-wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) results
in significant changes in posterior tibial slope, with no consensus on the magnitude of such …

PURPOSE: We sought to determine survival and clinical outcomes of high tibial osteotomy
(HTO) with or without articular cartilage surgery and/or meniscal allograft transplantation in …

Objective This study aimed to determine whether alignment correction by high tibial
osteotomy (HTO) can change the biologic intraarticular microenvironment of osteoarthritic …

Abstract Background In Japan, only few cross-culturally adapted, internationally used
orthopaedic patient self-assessed outcome scores are available. In addition, the high …