Practical Geriatrics ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 59-63.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2024.01.014

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Effects of high tibial osteotomy on medial compartmental knee osteoarthritis in elderly

YANG Zeyu, ZOU Ling, SUN Changhui, LU Jiong, CHEN Yinan, HE Qin, HU Minwei   

  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Ruijin Hospital Luwan Branch, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200020, China
  • Received:2023-02-17 Published:2024-01-19
  • Contact: HU Minwei, Email:fantasymark@126.com

Abstract: Objective To compare the efficacy of high tibial osteotomy (HTO) in treating medial compartment knee osteoarthritis in elderly and non-elderly patients. Methods The clinical data of 26 patients who underwent HTO surgery were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into elderly group (aged ≥60 years, n=18)and non-elderly group(aged <60 years, n=8). General information, surgical osteotomy angle and incidence of complications were compared between the two groups, and the scores of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) in both groups were compared before and 1 year after surgery. Results There were no significant differences in sex, Kellgren-Lawrence (K-L) grade, body mass index (BMI), surgical osteotomy angle and incidence rates of complications between the two groups (P>0.01). There were also no significant differences in VAS and KOOS scores between the two groups before and 1 year after surgery (P>0.01), but the VAS score was significantly lower and the KOOS score was significantly higher in both groups after treatment than those before treatment (P<0.01). Conclusions HTO is safe and effective in treating medial compartment knee osteoarthritis in the elderly patients.

Key words: knee osteoarthritis, medial compartment osteoarthritis of knee, high tibial osteotomy, aged

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