the surgical cutting or dividing of bone, usually to correct a deformity
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Metaphyseal osteotomies have high incidence for recurrence, limb length discrepancy and subluxation of knee joint.
Venkata Shyam Prasad Polisetty, Lakshmi Sumana Voruganti 2018, 'A STUDY OF BLOUNT'S DISEASE', Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcarehttps://jebmh.com/assets/data_pdf/Lakshmi_Sumana_Voruganti_-_FINAL.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
If necessary, supramalleolar and inframalleolar deformities were corrected by supramalleolar tibialand calcaneal osteotomies, respectively.
Alexej Barg MD, Martin Wiewiorski MD, Victor Valderrabano MD, PhD 2018, 'Realignment osteotomy in fibular malunion', Foot & Ankle Orthopaedicshttps://doi.org/10.1177/2473011418S00150. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Traditionally, surgical techniques include closing or opening wedge osteotomies.
Chi-Chuan Wu 2017, 'A novel surgical approach for treating distal radial extraarticular malunion: Obliqueosteotomy with buttress plate stabilization', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgeryhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2309499017714087. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most osteotomies only correct varus, but not the pronation of the metatarsal.
Pablo Wagner MD, Emilio Wagner MD 2018, 'Proximal Rotational Metatarsal Osteotomy for Hallux Valgus (PROMO)', Foot & Ankle Orthopaedicshttps://doi.org/10.1177/2473011418790071. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Concomitant procedures such as lateral ankle reconstruction, ankle arthroscopy, or osteotomies were also recorded.
Shawn E. Boomsma DO 2016, 'Comparison of MRI and Operative Findings in Peroneal Tendon Disorders in a MilitaryPopulation', Foot & Ankle Orthopaedicshttps://doi.org/10.1177/2473011416S00153. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All ulnar osteotomies healed without any complications.
Pencho Kosev, Bojan Valentinov 2015, 'CHRONIC RADIAL HEAD DISLOCATION IN CHILDREN. TREATMENT BY OPEN REDUCTION AND ULNAROSTEOTOMY.', Journal of IMABhttp://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issues-2015/issue1/JofIMAB_2015-21-1p757-762.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All the osteotomies healed in a mean time of 13 weeks (range 10-16 weeks).
Chang-Yong Guo, Bo-Wei Liang, Mo Sha, Liang-Qi Kang, Jiang-Ze Wang, Zhen-Qi Ding 2015, 'Cementless arthroplasty with a distal femoral shortening for the treatment of Crowetype IV developmental hip dysplasia', Indian Journal of Orthopaedicshttp://www.ijoonline.com/article.asp?issn=0019-5413;year=2015;volume=49;issue=4;spage=442;epage=446;aulast=Guo. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An adequately powered clinical comparison of these osteotomies has not been published.
Glenn Pfeffer MD, Max Michalski MD, Tina Basak, Joseph Giaconi MD 2017, 'The Use of 3D Prints to Compare the Efficacy of Three Different Calcaneal Osteotomiesfor the Correction of Heel Varus', Foot & Ankle Orthopaedicshttps://doi.org/10.1177/2473011417S000012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
43% of midfoot osteotomies were united on final radiographs.
Samuel Ford MD, W. Hodges Davis MD, Bruce Cohen MD, Carroll P. Jones MD 2018, 'Midfoot Charcot Reconstruction with Intramedullary Beaming', Foot & Ankle Orthopaedicshttps://doi.org/10.1177/2473011418S00005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)