Your Complete Guide to Knee Osteotomy



Osteotomy refers to any surgery that cuts and reshapes your bones. Experts recommend osteotomy knee surgery to repair a damaged/diseased joint. It is also one of the most effective operations used to shorten or lengthen a deformed bone if the bones of your knees and leg don’t line up correctly.

Osteotomy knee surgery in Mumbai is an ideal option for patients suffering from unilateral knee arthritis (where just one compartment of the knee joint is damaged). Osteotomy is also performed as a combination with other types of knee surgery such as cartilage surgery in case of a knocked knee or bowed leg. Knee Osteotomy is suitable for patients who are younger than 60 and are active. People who undergo Osteotomy for arthritis treatment might need total knee replacement surgery after 10-15 years.

Types of Knee Osteotomy
  1. High Tibial Osteotomy: This surgery is often performed to relieve pain, improve functioning, and correct bow-legged alignment. Under this procedure, your surgeon adds or removes a wedge of bone to an area of the shinbone (Tibia) located below the knee to enhance the knee performance.
  2. Dome osteotomy
2) Femoral Osteotomy: Femoral Osteotomy is recommended to patients with knocked-knee alignment, improve joint function, and relieve arthritis pain. In this procedure, the surgeon removes or adds a wedge of the bone to the femur (thigh bone). However, Femoral Osteotomy is not as common as the high tibial Osteotomy.

Treatment Overview
The surgery starts with your surgeon making an incision at the front of the knee. Using the guide wires, the surgeon will plan out the correct size of the wedge. An oscillating saw is implemented to cut along the guide wires and remove the bone wedge. Then after, the bones are brought together to fill the space between the removed wedges. A screw and a plate are inserted between to hold the bones until the Osteotomy heals completely.

Few cases demand an “opening” of the bone wedge rather than “closing” of the wedge of bone. A bone graft is added to fill in the space between the bones. The surgical approach varies from patient to patient. Therefore, our professionals evaluate the patient’s health and medical history to plan the most-effective treatment procedures.

Risk factors
Every the surgical procedure comes with few risk factors which can be prevented by following the rehabilitation program and maintaining proper lifestyle habits. Risks associated with Osteotomy surgery are:
  • Blood clotting
  • Infection
  • Stiffness of the knee joint
  • Nerve injuries nearby the operating region

Dr. Pranjal Kodkani is one among the country’s leading surgeon and has handled thousands of critical knee surgery cases. By reshaping the bone and creating a typical pattern of weight-bearing, he has helped patients eliminate or lessen the factors causing knee pain. To know more, book your appointment today for the best knee replacement/repair surgery by country’s leading surgeon.

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