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KMID : 0361620080430030391
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Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
2008 Volume.43 No. 3 p.391 ~ p.395
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Severe Genu Recurvatum after a Closing-wedge High Tibial Osteotomy - A Case Report -
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Ahn Jae-Min
Suh Jeung-Tak
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Abstract
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Although a closing wedge high tibial osteotomy can decrease the posterior tibial slope, there are no reports of severe genu recurvatum after a closing wedge osteotomy that required corrective surgery. A 54-year-old male with medial compartment osteoarthritis and genu varum was treated with a closing wedge high tibial osteotomy in another hospital, which led to severe recurvatum because of surgical failure. He complained of knee pain and a severe deformity, but of which were corrected by an open wedge corrective osteotomy, a two-wedge bicortical autograft reconstruction, and double plate fixation. Surgeons should pay close attention to both varus deformity correction and changes in the posterior tibial slope during a closing wedge high tibial osteotomy.
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KEYWORD
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Genu recurvatum, Closing wedge high tibial osteotomy
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