Sawing toward the fibular head during open-wedge high tibial osteotomy carries the risk of popliteal artery injury.

Purpose: Popliteal artery injury is a rare but devastating complication of open-wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO). The objectives of this study were: to document the location of the artery in the virtual osteotomy plane (VOP), to measure the minimal distance between the popliteal artery and three...

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Published in:	Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 1365 - 1372
Main Authors:	Kang, Taehoon, Lee, Do Weon, Park, Jae Young, Han, Hyuk-Soo, Lee, Myung Chul, Ro, Du Hyun
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell May2020
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