J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1994 Nov;76(6):938-42. Severe varus and valgus deformities treated by total knee arthroplasty. Karachalios T(1), Sarangi PP, Newman JH. Author information: (1)Winford Orthopaedic Hospital, Bristol, England. We report a prospective case-controlled study which compared the outcome of knee .Dec 6, 2015 Jackson et al(2) presented the first description of osteotomy to correct a valgus knee. In 1973, Coventry(3) established that only distal osteotomy of the femur would be capable of transferring the load to the medial compartment in cases of angular valgus deformities greater than 12°, associated with obliquity .In orthopedics, a valgus deformity is a condition in which the bone segment distal to a joint is angled outward The opposite deformation, where the twist is toward the center of the body, is called varus. Common causes of valgus knee (knock-knee, that is, genu valgum) in adults include arthritis of the knee and trauma.Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1991 Oct;(271):35-51. The effect of extraarticular varus and valgus deformity on total knee arthroplasty. Wolff AM(1), Hungerford DS, Pepe CL. Author information: (1)Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Because of trauma, metabolic bone disease, congenital deformity, .Dec 24, 2013 Valgus knee deformity is a challenge in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and it is observed in nearly 10 % of patients undergoing TKA. The valgus deformity Osteotomies are performed in order to delay TKA implant [12] and to correct extra-articular deformities leading to early arthritis [13]. When the implant.
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