The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 217-220 , June 2010

In vitro stability of open wedge high tibial osteotomy with synthetic bone graft

  • Ryohei Takeuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan. Tel.: +81 45 787 2655; fax: +81 45 781 7922.
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  • Haruhiko Bito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Yasushi Akamatsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Toshihiko Shiraishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University Graduate School, Japan
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  • Shin Morishita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University Graduate School, Japan
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  • Tomihisa Koshino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Tomoyuki Saito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 28 August 2009 ,Accepted 15 September 2009.

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PII: S0968-0160(09)00169-0

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.09.002

The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 217-220 , June 2010

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