Knee: Osteotomies
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BOARD 1
1. Normal knee joint alignment
2. Knee with varus alignment
BOARD 2
1. Anterior view: pre-op surgical plan
2. Surgical view: retractor placed in behind tibia
3. Surgical view: depth gauge measures tibial width
4. Surgical view: transverse cut is made with saw
5. Surgical view: oblique osteotomy guide is then applied to allow accurate osseous wedge resection
6. slow compression of osteotomy site
7. compressed osteotomy site, with placement of distal screws
BOARD 3
1. Anterior view: angle of view normal anatomy
2. Coronal view: normal anatomy
3. Coronal view: with retractor
4. Coronal view: with guide block
BOARD 4
1. Normal axial view
2. Axial view with packing, retractor and guide block