This widens the tibia and reduces the pressure on the medial compartment of the knee. The open wedge HTO technique is usually performed in a person with more severe arthritis or who has a knock knee ...

Unicompartmental osteoarthritis of the knee is a condition in which ... each named for its relationship to these portions of bone: The medial (inner) compartment of the knee. The lateral (outer) ...

Moximed, an innovative medical device company on a mission to improve the standard of care for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), today announced the first patients have been treated in a new ...

[21] A score above 0 in either compartment defined the presence of osteoarthritis ... The scores for medial and lateral compartments in each joint were examined relative to each other to determine ...

28 These authors followed up 68 participants with pre- and postoperative evaluation after valgus osteotomy of the proximal tibia due to varus deviation of the mechanical axis and osteoarthritis of the ...

1 Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 2 Department of Rheumatology, ...

Autoimmune arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, can cause joint destruction if not diagnosed and treated early. Early diagnosis and treatment to suppress the immune system can prevent ...

The medial femoral and tibial compartments and patellofemoral joints were affected in all 15 knees with complete MRI data, with 12 patients showing osteoarthritis changes in the lateral tibial and ...

A Long Island speech pathologist said a pioneering bio implant stopped her “horrific” rheumatoid arthritis in its tracks. Massapequa’s Dawn Steiner, 58, said even a simple handshake would ...