| knee
joint arthritis
with
deformity in a patient below 60 years.
[ young for knee replacement and not responding to medication
and physiotherapy] |
A
method of
alignment correction
to relieve pain on weight bearing completely known as
HTO with ring fixator.
This allows patient
towalk about,
move the knee joint.
At the end of 10 weeks the fixator is usually removed and
patient is back to routine.
|
Even
in a long run
in more than 85% cases there is no recurrence of pain and
no need for
knee replacement.
And for those who need knee replacement
later date
[ not before 10 years & they are less than 15%],
it remains straight forward and simple as compared to conventional
way of alignment correction. |
