Impact of support instruments in medial closed-wedge distal femoral osteotomy: a finite element analysis.
Umito KuwashimaMasafumi ItohJunya ItouKen OkazakiPublished in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2023)
The support instruments provided stability to the hinge site and reduced the equivalent stress of the main plate in the MCWDFO with hinge fractures. No significant difference was observed between the two instruments in terms of stability.