Abstract
dc:descriptionTHE STEP OSTEOTOMY BY PR. MITTELMEIER IS A TWO LEVEL OSTEOTOMY OF THE TIBIA THAT ALLOWS THE CORRECTION AT THE VARUS DEFORMITY AND AT THE SAME TIME A FORWARDDISPLACEMENT OF THE TIBIAL TUBEROSITY. THE OSTEOTOMY IS STABILIZED WITH INTERNAL FIXATION (L PLATE). AS THE PREOPERATIVE PLANNING IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL VALUE, IN THE REALIGNMENT OF THE MECHANICAL AXIS, A NEW METHOD OF CALCULATION OF THE DEGREES OF THE ANGLE OF CORRECTION IS EMPLOYED. DURING THE OPERATION ANOTHER MEASUREMENT IS TAKING PLACE SO AS TO AVOID TECHNICAL ERRORS.WITH THIS METHOD OF MEASUREMENT A SATISFACTORY POST-OPERATIVE CORRECTION OF 88,5% WAS ACHIEVED. THE REMAINING PERCENTAGE WITH UNSATISFACTORY RESULTS WAS DUE TO TECHNICAL ERRORS. THE CLINICAL RESULTS WERE VERY SATISFACTORY ON 60% AND THE PATIENTS HAD COMPLETE RELIEF OF SYMPTOMS OF AN OSTEOARTHRITIC KNEE.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Ioannina
- Year dc:date
- 1986
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Authors dc:creator
-
- Katsoylas, Georgios
- Κατσούδας, Γεώργιος
Subjects
dc:subject × 13- ΔΙΟΡΘΩΣΗ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΚΟΥ ΑΞΟΝΑ ΚΑΤΩ ΑΚΡΟΥ
- Ορθοπεδική
- Γόνατα, Οστεοαρθρίτιδα
- ΟΣΤΕΟΤΟΜΙΑ ΓΟΝΑΤΟΣ
- ΡΑΙΒΟ ΓΟΝΑΤΟ
- Osteoarthritis of the knee
- OSTEOTOMY OF THE KNEE
- REALINGMENT OF MECHANICAL AXIS OF LOWER LIMP
- Varus knee
- Ιατρική και Επιστήμες Υγείας
- Κλινική Ιατρική
- Medical and Health Sciences
- Clinical Medicine
Rights
- Language dc:language
- gre
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.12681/eadd/0261
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:10442/0261