Functional and Radiological Outcomes of High Tibial Osteotomy Using the Hemicallotosis Method by Dynamic Axial Fixator in Patients With Medial Compartment Osteoarthritis and Varus Deformity
Nilesh Joshi, Kaustubh Zodey, Pallav P Agrawal, Sushil Mankar, Shrikrishna A Rakhunde, Darshan Sharma, Shivani Gaur, Sarvesh S Auradkar, Pranav Datta · 2026
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Nilesh Joshi and colleagues followed thirty-seven patients whose bowed legs and worn inner knee joints were treated by high tibial osteotomy. That operation cuts into the shin bone and shifts weight off the damaged side. The gradual method they used, called hemicallotasis with a dynamic axial fixator worn outside the leg, avoids internal plates. The study ran at a teaching hospital from 2021 to 2024.
Knee function was scored at one, three, and six months after surgery, and leg alignment was tracked on imaging. Scores climbed steadily over the follow-up months, and better correction of alignment went with bigger functional gains, with a strong link between the two. Younger patients scored slightly higher overall. The authors present the fixator route as a joint-saving option that can delay knee replacement in active patients.
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| CREATOR | Nilesh Joshi, Kaustubh Zodey, Pallav P Agrawal, Sushil Mankar, Shrikrishna A Rakhunde, Darshan Sharma, Shivani Gaur, Sarvesh S Auradkar, Pranav Datta |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23751 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |