Malalignment—Varus—High Tibial Osteotomy

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Medial unicompartmental arthritis is frequently encountered in young patients. Degenerative changes of the articular cartilage are more often due to near-total loss of meniscal tissue, ligamentous instability, and malalignment. Alignment of the lower limb has a major influence on the proportion of load shared between the compartments of the tibiofemoral joint, with varus alignment resulting in greater load on the medial side. 1 , 2 In addition, the loss of articular cartilage leads to further progression of tibial malalignment, thus leading to a vicious cycle of increasing medial compartment load and destruction.

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