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.