Sentence examples for lateral closing from inspiring English sources

In the combined lateral closing with medial opening wedge osteotomy (Fig.  5), a laterally based wedge was removed, but with the apex beneath the medial margin of the patellar tendon instead of at the medial cortex.

Because of these same anatomical features, lateral closing wedge osteotomy causes small decreases in posterior tibial slope.

Both lateral closing and medial opening techniques exist to produce a valgus alignment (Staubli 2008; Staubli and Jacob 2010).

Once the wedge size has been determined, the correction can be obtained via a medial opening wedge (MOW) or a lateral closing wedge (LCW) HTO.

Göran Bauer et.al described a lateral closing wedge osteotomy performed with a transverse skin incision in the metaphyseal area proximal to the attachment site of patellar tendon.

Lateral closing wedge (LCW) and medial opening wedge (MOW) HTOs have been performed and their potential advantages and disadvantages have been well described.

After the introduction of a biplanar technique in medial closing-wedge distal femur osteotomies [8] in our group, a biplanar osteotomy technique was used for lateral closing-wedge osteotomies.

This retrospective cohort study is a report on the short- to mid-term results of the distal lateral closed-wedge valgus osteotomy of the femur.

The next step would be a prospective study comparing patients preoperatively and post-operatively after a distal lateral closed-wedge valgus osteotomy of the femur.

Distal lateral closed-wedge valgus osteotomy of the femur for the treatment of femoral varus deformities resulted in clinical improvement and accurate corrections in patients with different aims for correction.

This retrospective review presents the technique and results of a consecutive series of lateral closed-wedge valgus osteotomies of the distal femur for the treatment of symptomatic varus deformity.