Graft materials provide greater static strength to medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy than when no graft is included.
James BelseyArnaud Diffo KazeSimon JobsonJames FaulknerStefan MaasRaghbir KhakhaAdrian J WilsonDietrich PapePublished in: Journal of experimental orthopaedics (2019)
The use of graft materials in MOWHTO results in superior material properties compared to the use of no graft. The static strength of MOWHTO is highest when synthetic grafts are inserted into the osteotomy gap. Allograft wedges provide higher mechanical strength to a MOWHTO than when no graft used. In comparison to the synthetic grafts, allograft wedges result in the stiffness of the osteotomy being more similar at the medial and lateral cortices.