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Osteotomy for Tibiofemoral Malalignment

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Coronal plane malalignment, of both varus and valgus, has important implications for cartilage repair. In order to rebalance the load on the knee joint, realignment osteotomy should be considered, both in isolation for more advanced degenerative changes and an adjunct to cartilage repair and meniscal transplantation. This chapter builds upon the general discussion of tibiofemoral malalignment in the previous overview chapter and details the technical aspects of high tibial and distal femoral osteotomy.

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Gomoll, A.H., Farr, J. (2018). Osteotomy for Tibiofemoral Malalignment. In: Farr, J., Gomoll, A. (eds) Cartilage Restoration. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77152-6_25

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