Journal of Biochemistry Research

Knee- Osteotomy

 Knee osteotomy is the cutting of bone to correct the knee’s alignment and recover its function with the goal of plummeting chronic arthritis knee pain. Knee osteotomy is an choice for patients who have unilateral knee arthritis, sense there is damage on just one side, or “compartment,” of the knee joint. The goal of the surgery is to move some weight away from the painful, damaged side of the knee joint and onto the strong side of the knee joint. The surgeon makes this possible by strategically cutting and varying the alignment or shape of a leg bone. The two most common types of knee osteotomies are high tibial osteotomy, a redesigning of the shin bone, and femoral osteotomy, a reshaping of the thigh bone. When a surgeon enhances or eradicates a wedge of bone to an area of the tibia (shin bone) just below the knee, it is called a high tibial osteotomy. This operation is most often done to relieve pain, improve function, and correct bow-legged alignment.

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