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In this chapter, we present the surgical steps to perform an opening lateral wedge distal femoral osteotomy, which is fixed using a 95° angled blade plate, or a locked plate. The overall aim of this osteotomy is to correct the mechanical axis of the lower limb to a normal varus (0–3° of varus). In general, it is better to slightly overcorrect than to under correct. During preoperative planning, one can determine the desired angle of correction and the opening that will be needed to obtain this correction.
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Verdonk, P., Magnussen, R., Neyret, P., Butcher, C. (2020). Varus Distal Femoral Osteotomy: Lateral Opening. In: Neyret, P., Butcher, C., Demey, G. (eds) Surgery of the Knee. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19073-6_16
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