Flecting Osteotomy of the Distal Tibia for Salvage of an Asymmetric Osteoarthritic Ankle Joint

Category: Ankle Arthritis Introduction/Purpose: Deformity of the distal tibia in the sagittal plane with increased posterior tilt of the articular surface (recurvatum deformity) results in altered biomechanics and high contact pressure in the anterior tibiotalar joint with consecutive osteoarthritis...

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Main Authors: Beat Hintermann MD, Patric Scheidegger MD, Tamara Horn Lang PhD, Lukas Zwicky MSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011418S00063