Better outcomes and reduced failures for arthroplasty over osteotomy for advanced compartmental knee osteoarthritis in patients older than 50 years
Abstract Background Both compartmental knee arthroplasty (CKA) and open-wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) may be used to treat patients older than 50 years of age with advanced compartmental osteoarthritis (OA) secondary to leg axis deformities. A meta-analysis was conducted to clarify the role of o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-020-02079-6 |