Medial tibial plateau osteonecrosis is a disease that lacks distinguishing signs and symptoms, especially in the early stage, and requires clinicians to exercise a high degree of suspicion to prevent disease progression. We present a case of spontaneous osteonecrosis of the medial tibial plateau in a 59-year-old woman. Within 5 months of the onset of symptoms, the entire medial tibial plateau c...

PURPOSE To report a new locking lateral closing wedge osteotomy used in repairing pediatric supracondylar humerus fracture malunions, which allows for coronal and sagittal plane correction of both cubitus varus and extension. METHODS At our institution, eight children with cubitus varus resulting from prior supracondylar humerus fracture malunions underwent a new technique of lateral closing ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the surgical treatment of pes varus in Dachshund dogs by medial opening wedge osteotomy of the distal tibia stabilized with a locking plate system and to retrospectively report the clinical and radiographic outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lameness in nine limbs of seven Dachshund dogs with pes varus deformity was treated with corrective osteotomy at or near the centre o...

<p><strong>Background:</strong> Cubitus varus is the most common angular deformity resulting from supracondylar fracture of humerus in children and adults. There are several options for correcting this deformity, but three dimensional osteotomy now a popular method operative treatment cubitus deformity. Objective current study was to evaluate clinical radiological outcome corr...

Background: This is to assess one of the rare complications after total knee replacement and to assess risk factors of failure.Methods: 11 patients with varus knee and an average age of 67 years underwent TKA between 2005 and 2013. All patients returned with a sudden sharp knee pain, disability to walk and significant decrease in ROM about 4 to 8 weeks after surgery. Radiographic examination re...

Lower limb alignment is an important contributing factor to the development of knee arthritis, and it is related to the articular cartilage wear pattern (1). Osteotomies around the knee are a well-recognized treatment for symptomatic unicompartmental knee arthritis associated to lower limb malalignment in young and active patients, with the attempt to preserve the native knee joint and delay kn...