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![]() | Media file 1: Lateral compartment degeneration in an active and heavy 39-year-old patient. |
![]() | Media file 2: Same knee as in Image 1, treated with a closing wedge osteotomy of the distal femur. |
![]() | Media file 3: Severe valgus deformity in a 68-year-old patient. The deformity is not passively correctable. |
![]() | Media file 4: Same knee as in Image 3, treated with a constrained primary total knee replacement. |
![]() | Media file 5: Lateral compartment degeneration with localized knee pain in a 59-year-old patient. |
![]() | Media file 6: Same knee as in Image 5, treated with a lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. |
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Keywords
degenerative joint disease, knee arthrosis, gonarthrosis, genu valgum












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