Realigning the tibia to offload a damaged knee compartment and delay arthroplasty.
HTO corrects lower-limb malalignment, typically varus, to shift load away from a degenerated compartment of the knee. It is a joint-preserving option in younger, active patients intended to delay arthroplasty, though a proportion of patients eventually require conversion to UKA or TKA.
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