caa a22 4500 469114584 CHVBK 20180323133121.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00571479 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00571479 Complications of high tibial osteotomy and internal fixation with staples [Elektronische Daten] [M. Wildner, A. Peters, J. Hellich, A. Reichelt] Summary: Osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee has established itself well since its first description by Jackson and Waugh [8, 9]. Internal fixation with staples allows early functional treatment with only a minimum of operative intervention. Removal of the metal is optional. In the 5-year period from 1986 to 1990, 182 high tibial osteotomies were performed at the Orthopaedic Department of the University Hospital of Freiburg. In four cases internal fixation was done with plates; in 178 cases two or more staples were used; in 3 cases a screw was additionally inserted for better hold. The staples became loose intraoperatively in eight cases (4.5%); only once did a dislocated staple have to be reoperated on postoperatively. Further complications which are independent of the method of internal fixation are summarized in the article. Complications of surgery on the long bones of the leg are inevitable, but with only one postoperatively dislocated staple and one case of non-infected pseudarthrosis (i.e. a method-related complication rate of 1.1%), internal fixation with staples for high tibial osteotomy presents itself as a reliable and safe procedure. Springer-Verlag, 1992 Wildner M. Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital, W-7800, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany aut Peters A. Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital, W-7800, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany aut Hellich J. Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital, W-7800, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany aut Reichelt A. Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital, W-7800, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany aut Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Springer-Verlag 111/4(1992-07-01), 210-212 0936-8051 111:4<210 1992 111 402 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571479 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571479 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wildner M. Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital, W-7800, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Peters A. Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital, W-7800, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hellich J. Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital, W-7800, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reichelt A. Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital, W-7800, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Springer-Verlag 111/4(1992-07-01), 210-212 0936-8051 111:4<210 1992 111 402 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer