Knee replacement surgeries have increased rapidly as the population has aged, creating backlogs, in some cases, at orthopedic clinics. But soon many of these surgeries might not be necessary. Investigators from Hospital for Special Surgery say they have shown that a biodegradable scaffold or plug can be used to treat patients with damaged knee ...

INTRODUCTION Lateral closing wedge high tibial osteotomy has been a standard procedure for genu varum secondary to osteoarthritis of the knee.1-7 The correction angle is the most important factor attributing to the long-term revarisation and arthropathy,1,8 in addition to age, the extent of deformity of the knee and degeneration of articular cartilage.1,4-6,8-11 To avoid ...