The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 278-284 , August 2011

Early complications of medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy using autologous tricortical iliac bone graft and T-plate fixation

  • Dong Ju Chae

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Republic of Korea
    • Bonplus Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Gautam M. Shetty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kook Hyun Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Antonio Santa Cruz Montalban Jr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jong In Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kyung Wook Nha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 31 910 7301; fax: +82 31 910 7968.

Received 17 September 2009 ,Revised 15 May 2010 ,Accepted 17 May 2010.

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PII: S0968-0160(10)00113-4

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.05.009

The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 278-284 , August 2011

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