Incidence of Complications and Revision Surgery After High Tibial Osteotomy: A Systematic Review.
Benjamin MiltenbergRichard N PuzzitielloVerdinand C B RuelosRaisa MasoodNicholas R PaganiMichael A MovermanMariano E MenendezScott P RyanMatthew J SalzlerJustin DragerPublished in: The American journal of sports medicine (2023)
Intraoperatively, medially based HTOs are associated with a 1 in 20 risk of lateral hinge fracture and laterally based HTOs with a 1 in 30 risk of peroneal nerve injury. Postoperative complication rates in the range of 10% to 15% can be expected, including infection (2.9%), loss of correction (1.2%), and nonunion (1.9%). Patients should also be counseled that the reoperation rate is approximately 15%, with hardware removal being the most common procedure.