Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 38-45 , January 2007

Closing or Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy: Watch Out for the Slope

  • Erik Hohmann, FRCS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Central Queensland University, Queensland, Australia.
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, Australia.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Erik Hohmann, FRCS, MD, Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Central Queensland University, PO Box 4045, Rockhampton, QLD 4700, Australia.
    • ,
  • Adam Bryant, BHMS(Hon), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

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PII: S1048-6666(06)00089-9

doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2006.09.010

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 38-45 , January 2007

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