Biomechanical advantage of low lateral hinge location in medial closing wedge distal femoral osteotomies.

• Main Author: Danieal Bin Ahmad
• Other Authors: Chou Siaw Meng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Medial closing-wedge distal femoral osteotomy; MCDFO; Lateral hinge fracture; LHF; Knee osteoarthritis; Finite element analysis; FEA
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177531
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The medial closing-wedge distal femoral osteotomy (MCDFO) is an established medical procedure used to manage lateral compartment cartilage injuries, knee osteoarthritis (OA), and genu valgum (knock-knee). However, there is a high incidence of lateral hinge fracture (LHF) after MCDFO, resulting...