Abstract
In patients with full-thickness focal cartilage defects, osteochondral allograft is a technique for restoration of hyaline cartilage; however, in patients with genu varum, the diseased compartment of the knee is generally offloaded as well. A high tibial osteotomy presents a biomechanical solution to malalignment of the knee and offloading of the diseased compartment of the knee. The purpose of this Technical Note is to present our preferred technique to treat focal cartilage damage in a varus misaligned knee coupling a high tibial osteotomy with an osteochondral allograft to the medial femoral condyle, along with partial medial and lateral meniscectomy.
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