Bone Graft Necessity in Opening-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy

University of Campinas, Brazil44 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine wether autologous bone graft from iliac crest enhances bone union of tibial osteotomies, in the treatment of varus knee deformity.

Opening-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy is a classic procedure,but the use of autologous bone graft from iliac crest causes pain and bleeding. Bone union occur even without bone graft, but no clinical trials compared results of the twoo procedures.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Interventions

high tibial osteotomyPROCEDURE

addition of bone graft to fill the osteotomy gap

higi tibial osteotomyPROCEDURE

the gap of the tibia is unfilled

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * varus knee deformity * unicompartmental arthrosis Exclusion Criteria: * patellar arthrosis * lateral arthrosis * inflammatory diseases * bone healing impair drugs or diseases

Locations (1)

Departamento de Ortopedia do Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Clinical based bone union time

Time frame: after 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

X-ray femoro-tibial angle

Time frame: 6 months, 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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