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Osteotomy: The Basics

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Deformities around the knee can occur in all three anatomical planes of reference. There are frontal plane deformities (i.e. genu varum and genu valgum), sagittal plane deformities (i.e. genu procurvatum and genu recurvatum) and transverse plane deformities (translation and torsion). Deformities can even occur in the so-called oblique plane (i.e. in between the frontal and sagittal planes). Furthermore, deformities can be either uniplanar or multiplanar. Since the most frequent and relevant deformities around the knee occur in the frontal plane, the primary focus is on these deformities.

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  3. Department Orthopädie und Traumatologie, BG Unfallklinik Tübingen, Schnarrenberg Straße 95, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

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van Heerwaarden, R.J., Spruijt, S., Niemeyer, P., Freiling, D., Schröter, S. (2012). Osteotomy: The Basics. In: Menetrey, J., Zaffagnini, S., Fritschy, D., van Dijk, N. (eds) ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29446-4_10

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