TREATMENT OF LOCAL DEEP DEFECT OF A KNEE JOINT CARTILAGE COMBINED WITH I STAGE MEDIAL GONARTHROSIS AND VARUS DEFORMATION OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY

Abstract

The authors presented one case of combination high tibia osteotomy with mosaic osteochondral autoplasty for the treatmentof the patients suffering from local full thickness cartilage defects of femur condyle and early degenerative changes in the same knee compartment. The positive intermediate results were achieved in this case. The correction of mechanical overload of the damaged knee compartment creates favorable conditions for cartilage restoration and slows down osteoarthrosis progression.

Keywords

• knee
• mosaic osteochondral autoplasty
• high tibia osteotomy