@article{f2d2ef6f5310405d8e78dc117aebf71a,
title = "Knee joint distraction compared with high tibial osteotomy: a randomized controlled trial",
abstract = "Purpose: Both, knee joint distraction as a relatively new approach and valgus-producing opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO), are knee-preserving treatments for knee osteoarthritis (OA). The efficacy of knee joint distraction compared to HTO has not been reported. Methods: Sixty-nine patients with medial knee joint OA with a varus axis deviation of ",
keywords = "Cartilage repair, High tibial osteotomy, Joint distraction, Knee osteoarthritis",
author = "{van der Woude}, {J. A D} and K. Wiegant and {van Heerwaarden}, {R. J.} and S. Spruijt and {van Roermund}, {P. M.} and Custers, {R. J H} and Mastbergen, {S. C.} and Lafeber, {F. P J G}",
note = "Funding Information: This study was funded by ZonMw (The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development). The study sponsor had no involvement in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, in writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. We thank Prof. Dennis McGonagle, Dept Rheumatology University of Leeds for checking language and grammar. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, The Author(s).",
year = "2017",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1007/s00167-016-4131-0",
language = "English",
volume = "25",
pages = "876–886",
journal = "Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy",
issn = "0942-2056",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
number = "3",
}