Complications After TomoFix Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy

Kars P. Valkering; Michel P.J. van den Bekerom; Floor M. Kappelhoff; G.H. Rob Albers

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1247752

The Journal of Knee Surgery, Table of Contents

J Knee Surg 2009; 22(3): 218-225
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1247752

Original Article

Complications After TomoFix Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy

Kars P. Valkering¹ , Michel P.J. van den Bekerom² , Floor M. Kappelhoff³ , G.H. Rob Albers⁴

¹The Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk
²The Academical Medical Centre, Amsterdam
³The Medical Centre Alkmaar, Alkmaar
⁴Tergooi Hospitals, Hilversum, The Netherlands

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This article describes the complications after medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) with the TomoFix plate. Between June 2003 and July 2005, 40 TomoFix medial opening wedge HTOs were performed. On average, radiological consolidation was reached after 10.4 months. Nonunions were not recorded. In 4 cases (10%), a superficial infection was found. Between operation and consolidation of the osteotomy, an average loss of correction of 0.3° was observed. Loss of correction after removal of the implant was not observed. Excluding the breakage of 1 screw during extraction of the implant, failure did not occur. The fixation of the TomoFix with locking-head screws for the opening wedge HTO, as described in this study, is stable. The planned correction could be reached with high exactitude during the operation.

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