Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 22-28 , January 2007

High Tibial Osteotomy: The Italian Experience

  • Maurilio Marcacci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanic Laboratory, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti Via di Barbiano, Bologna, Italy.
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  • Stefano Zaffagnini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanic Laboratory, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti Via di Barbiano, Bologna, Italy.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Stefano Zaffagnini, MD, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti, Laboratorio di Biomeccanica, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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  • Giovanni Giordano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanic Laboratory, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti Via di Barbiano, Bologna, Italy.
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  • Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanic Laboratory, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti Via di Barbiano, Bologna, Italy.
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  • Danilo Bruni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanic Laboratory, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla-Putti Via di Barbiano, Bologna, Italy.
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  • Robert Halvadjian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Medical University, Pleven Bulgaria.

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doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2006.07.001

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
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