Total knee arthroplasty after proximal fibula osteotomy for knee osteoarthritis: A case report and discussion / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

The knee osteoarthritis(KOA)is a kind of degenerative disease, which is more common in the elderly.In recent years, according to the Knee Uneven Settlement Theory, a new treatment method for the knee osteoarthritis by using the proximal fibula osteotomy is popularized in many hospitals.In this article, we reported 1 case undergoing the total knee arthroplasty after the proximal fibula osteotomy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis and reviewed the relevant literatures.