The posterior tibial slope and Insall-Salvati index in operative and nonoperative adolescent athletes with Osgood-Schlatter disease.
Tommy PanFrederick MunBrandon MartinazziTonya S KingJoseph L PetfieldWilliam L HennrikusPublished in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2022)
In patients with OSD, operative and nonoperative patients demonstrated a similar PTSA. On the other hand, the ISI was higher in nonoperative patients. In the current paper, a decreased ISI was helpful in predicting the need for operative intervention in symptomatic patients after skeletal maturity.