A prospective, randomised, controlled trial compared two different techniques of high tibial osteotomy with a lateral closing wedge or a medial opening wedge, stabilised by a Puddu plate. The clinical outcome and radiological results were examined at one year.
A prospective, randomised, controlled trial compared two different techniques of high tibial osteotomy with a lateral closing wedge or a medial opening wedge, stabilised by a Puddu plate. The clinical outcome and radiological results were examined at one year. The primary outcome measure was the achievement of an overcorrection of valgus of 4°. Secondary outcome measures were the severity of pain (visual analogue scale), knee function (Hospital for Special Surgery score), and walking distance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
92
Opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy fixated with a Puddu plate
Closing-wedge high tibial osteotomy fixated with two staples
Erasmus Medical Centre
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The achievement of an overcorrection of valgus of 4°.
The achieved correction will be determined on a whole leg radiograph.
Time frame: one year
Severity of pain
Severity of pain will be measured with the visual analogue scale
Time frame: one year
Knee function
Knee function will be measured with the Hospital for Special Surgery score
Time frame: one year
Walking distance
Time frame: one year
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