Details of Lower femoral Osteotomy

A distal femoral osteotomy (knock knee surgery) is a procedure whereby a surgical fracture is created at the end of the femur and the shape of the bone is changed.

Osteoarthritis damages wear of the cartilage

• Physical examination
• Imaging tests
• Blood tests

Open osteotomy: During the procedure, a cut is made across the bone which opens a gap to be filled with bone graft then the bone is fixed with a plate and screws.

Closing osteotomy: During this, The cut edges of the bone are brought together after removing a wedge of bone and held in place with metal hardware.

• Infection
• Failure of bone
• Nerve injuries
• Pain