TY - JOUR
T1 - Complications after tomofix medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy.
AU - Valkering, Kars P.
AU - van den Bekerom, Michel P.J.
AU - Kappelhoff, Floor M.
AU - Albers, G. H.Rob
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - This article describes the complications after medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) with the TomoFix plate. Between June 2003 and July 2005, 40 TomoFix medial opening wedge HTOs were performed. On average, radiological consolidation was reached after 10.4 months. Nonunions were not recorded. In 4 cases (10%), a superficial infection was found. Between operation and consolidation of the osteotomy, an average loss of correction of 0.3 degrees was observed. Loss of correction after removal of the implant was not observed. Excluding the breakage of 1 screw during extraction of the implant, failure did not occur. The fixation of the TomoFix with locking-head screws for the opening wedge HTO, as described in this study, is stable. The planned correction could be reached with high exactitude during the operation.
AB - This article describes the complications after medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) with the TomoFix plate. Between June 2003 and July 2005, 40 TomoFix medial opening wedge HTOs were performed. On average, radiological consolidation was reached after 10.4 months. Nonunions were not recorded. In 4 cases (10%), a superficial infection was found. Between operation and consolidation of the osteotomy, an average loss of correction of 0.3 degrees was observed. Loss of correction after removal of the implant was not observed. Excluding the breakage of 1 screw during extraction of the implant, failure did not occur. The fixation of the TomoFix with locking-head screws for the opening wedge HTO, as described in this study, is stable. The planned correction could be reached with high exactitude during the operation.
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0030-1247752
DO - 10.1055/s-0030-1247752
M3 - Article
C2 - 19634725
AN - SCOPUS:68949118184
SN - 1538-8506
VL - 22
SP - 218
EP - 225
JO - The journal of knee surgery
JF - The journal of knee surgery
IS - 3
ER -