Table 1.
The 100 most-cited articles in high tibial osteotomy.
| Number | First author | Publication year | Title | Journal | Total citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HERNIGOU, P | 1987 | Proximal tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis with varus deformity – a 10 to 13-year follow-up-study | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 599 |
| 2 | FUJISAWA, Y | 1979 | Effect of high tibial osteotomy on osteoarthritis of the knee – arthroscopic study of 54 knee joints | Orthopedic Clinics of North America | 573 |
| 3 | COVENTRY, MB | 1993 | Proximal tibial osteotomy – a critical long-term study of 87 cases | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 476 |
| 4 | INSALL, JN | 1984 | High tibial osteotomy for varus gonarthrosis – a long-term follow-up-study | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 438 |
| 5 | Lobenhoffer, P | 2003 | Improvements in surgical technique of valgus high tibial osteotomy | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 403 |
| 6 | PRODROMOS, CC | 1985 | A relationship between gait and clinical changes following high tibial osteotomy | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 341 |
| 7 | DUGDALE, TW | 1992 | Preoperative planning for high tibial osteotomy – the effect of lateral tibiofemoral separation and tibiofemoral length | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 333 |
| 8 | Staubli, AE | 2003 | Tomofix: a new lcp-concept for open wedge osteotomy of the medial proximal tibia – early results in 92 cases | Injury-International Journal of The Care of The Injured | 300 |
| 9 | Sprenger, TR | 2003 | Tibial osteotomy for the treatment of varus gonarthrosis – survival and failure analysis to twenty-two years | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 257 |
| 10 | Naudie, D | 1999 | Survivorship of the high tibial valgus osteotomy – a 10-to 22-year followup study | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 247 |
| 11 | Brinkman, J. -M. | 2008 | Osteotomies around the knee patient selection, stability of fixation and bone healing in high tibial osteotomies | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume | 242 |
| 12 | Amendola, Annunziato | 2010 | Results of high tibial osteotomy: review of the literature | International Orthopaedics | 238 |
| 13 | Agneskirchner, Jens Dominik | 2007 | The effects of valgus medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy on articular cartilage pressure of the knee: a biomechanical study | Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 233 |
| 14 | MINIACI, A | 1989 | Proximal tibial osteotomy – a new fixation device | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 229 |
| 15 | Agneskirchner, JD | 2004 | Effect of high tibial flexion osteotomy on cartilage pressure and joint kinematics: a biomechanical study in human cadaveric knees – winner of the aga-donjoy award 2004 | Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | 227 |
| 16 | Akizuki, S. | 2008 | The long-term outcome of high tibial osteotomy – a ten- to 20-year follow-up | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume | 222 |
| 17 | Marti, CB | 2004 | Accuracy of frontal and sagittal plane correction in open-wedge high tibial osteotomy | Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 222 |
| 18 | Noyes, FR | 2000 | High tibial osteotomy and ligament reconstruction for varus angulated anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knees | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 215 |
| 19 | COVENTRY, MB | 1985 | Upper tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 205 |
| 20 | Floerkemeier, Stephanie | 2013 | Outcome after high tibial open-wedge osteotomy: a retrospective evaluation of 533 patients | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 200 |
| 21 | Koshino, T | 2003 | Medial opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy with use of porous hydroxyapatite to treat medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 186 |
| 22 | Takeuchi, Ryohei | 2012 | Fractures around the lateral cortical hinge after a medial opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy: a new classification of lateral hinge fracture | Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 184 |
| 23 | COVENTRY, MB | 1979 | Upper tibial osteotomy for gonarthrosis – evolution of the operation in the last 18 y and long-term results | Orthopedic Clinics of North America | 183 |
| 24 | Noyes, FR | 2005 | Opening wedge tibial osteotomy – the 3-triangle method to correct axial alignment and tibial slope | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 180 |
| 25 | Miller, Bruce S | 2009 | Complication after medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy | Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 174 |
| 26 | Billings, A | 2000 | High tibial osteotomy with a calibrated osteotomy guide, rigid internal fixation, and early motion – long-term follow-up | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 174 |
| 27 | Takeuchi, Ryohei | 2009 | Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy with early full weight bearing | Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 166 |
| 28 | Agneskirchner, JD | 2006 | Primary stability of four different implants for opening wedge high tibial osteotomy | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 166 |
| 29 | WANG, JW | 1990 | The influence of walking mechanics and time on the results of proximal tibial osteotomy | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 163 |
| 30 | Stoffel, K | 2004 | Open wedge high tibial osteotomy: biomechanical investigation of the modified complic steotomy plate (puddu plate) and the tomofix plate | Clinical Biomechanics | 161 |
| 31 | Amis, Andrew A. | 2013 | Biomechanics of high tibial osteotomy | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 154 |
| 32 | Hui, Catherine | 2011 | Long-term survival of high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 153 |
| 33 | Brouwer, R. W. | 2006 | Osteotomy for medial compartment arthritis of the knee using a closing wedge or an opening wedge controlled by a puddu plate – a one-year randomised, controlled study | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume | 152 |
| 34 | Koshino, T | 2003 | Regeneration of degenerated articular cartilage after high tibial valgus osteotomy for medial compartmental osteoarthritis of the knee | Knee | 151 |
| 35 | Brouwer, RW | 2005 | Patellar height and the inclination of the tibial plateau after high tibial osteotomy -: the open versus the closed-wedge technique | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume | 150 |
| 36 | IVARSSON, I | 1990 | High tibial osteotomy for medial osteoarthritis of the knee – a 5 to 7 and an 11 to 13 year follow-up | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume | 149 |
| 37 | Dallari, D. | 2007 | Enhanced tibial osteotomy healing with use of bone grafts supplemented with platelet gel or platelet gel and bone marrow stromal cells | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 145 |
| 38 | INSALL, J | 1974 | High tibial osteotomy – 5-year evaluation | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 144 |
| 39 | KETTELKAMP, DB | 1976 | Results of proximal tibial osteotomy – effects of tibiofemoral angle, stance-phase flexion-extension, and medial-plateau force | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 142 |
| 40 | KOSHINO, T | 1982 | The treatment of spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee by high tibial osteotomy with and without bone-grafting or drilling of the lesion | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 140 |
| 41 | Koshino, T | 2004 | Fifteen to twenty-eight years’ follow-up results of high tibial valgus osteotomy for osteoarthritic knee | Knee | 137 |
| 42 | COVENTRY, MB | 1987 | Proximal tibial varus osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the lateral compartment of the knee | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 135 |
| 43 | Sonnery-Cottet, Bertrand | 2014 | Proximal tibial anterior closing wedge osteotomy in repeat revision of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 134 |
| 44 | Flecher, Xavier | 2006 | A 12-28-year followup study of closing wedge high tibial osteotomy | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 134 |
| 45 | VAINIONPAA, S | 1981 | Tibial osteotomy for osteo-arthritis of the knee – a 5 to 10-year follow-up-study | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 133 |
| 46 | Rodner, Craig M. | 2006 | Medial opening wedge tibial osteotomy and the sagittal plane – the effect of increasing tibial slope on tibiofemoral contact pressure | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 132 |
| 47 | Niemeyer, Philipp | 2010 | Open-wedge osteotomy using an internal plate fixator in patients with medial-compartment gonarthritis and varus malalignment: 3-year results with regard to preoperative arthroscopic and radiographic findings | Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 129 |
| 48 | Jung, Woon-Hwa | 2014 | Second-look arthroscopic assessment of cartilage regeneration after medial opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy | Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 127 |
| 49 | Giffin, J. Robert | 2007 | Importance of tibial slope for stability of the posterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 124 |
| 50 | El-Azab, Hosam | 2010 | Patellar height and posterior tibial slope after open- and closed-wedge high tibial osteotomy a radiological study on 100 patients | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 123 |
| 51 | BERMAN, AT | 1991 | Factors influencing long-term results in high tibial osteotomy | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 121 |
| 52 | BROUGHTON, NS | 1986 | Unicompartmental replacement and high tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee – a comparative-study after 5-10 y follow-up | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume | 121 |
| 53 | Bonasia, Davide Edoardo | 2014 | Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment overload/arthritis in the varus knee prognostic factors | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 120 |
| 54 | Babis, GC | 2002 | Double level osteotomy of the knee: a method to retain joint-line obliquity – clinical results | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 120 |
| 55 | Martin, Robin | 2014 | Adverse event rates and classifications in medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy | American Journal Of Sports Medicine | 117 |
| 56 | Stukenborg-Colsman, C | 2001 | High tibial osteotomy versus unicompartmental joint replacement in unicompartmental knee joint osteoarthritis: 7-10-year follow-up prospective randomised study | Knee | 114 |
| 57 | Meidinger, Gebhart | 2011 | May smokers and overweight patients be treated with a medial open-wedge hto? risk factors for non-union | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 113 |
| 58 | Wright, JM | 2005 | High tibial osteotomy | Journal of The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | 113 |
| 59 | Birmingham, Trevor B. | 2009 | Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: a prospective cohort study of gait, radiographic, and patient-reported outcomes | Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research | 112 |
| 60 | Hankemeier, S. | 2006 | Navigated open-wedge high tibial osteotomy: advantages and disadvantages compared to the conventional technique in a cadaver study | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 112 |
| 61 | SHOJI, H | 1973 | High tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis of knee with valgus deformity | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 111 |
| 62 | HOLDEN, DL | 1988 | Proximal tibial osteotomy in patients who are 50 y old or less – a long-term follow-up-study | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 110 |
| 63 | JACKSON, JP | 1974 | Technique and complications of upper tibial osteotomy – review of 226 operations | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume | 110 |
| 64 | Schuster, Philipp | 2018 | Ten-year results of medial open-wedge high tibial osteotomy and chondral resurfacing in severe medial osteoarthritis and varus malalignment | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 107 |
| 65 | Nelissen, E. M. | 2010 | Stability of medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: a failure analysis | International Orthopaedics | 107 |
| 66 | Bode, Gerrit | 2015 | Prospective 5-year survival rate data following open-wedge valgus high tibial osteotomy | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 106 |
| 67 | Lobenhoffer, P | 2004 | Open-wedge high tibial osteotomy with special medial plate fixator | Orthopade | 106 |
| 68 | Gaasbeek, Robert D. A. | 2010 | Correction accuracy and collateral laxity in open versus closed wedge high tibial osteotomy. a one-year randomised controlled study | International Orthopaedics | 105 |
| 69 | Nakayama, Hiroshi | 2018 | Large correction in opening wedge high tibial osteotomy with resultant joint-line obliquity induces excessive shear stress on the articular cartilage | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 104 |
| 70 | Schallberger, Alex | 2011 | High tibial valgus osteotomy in unicompartmental medial osteoarthritis of the knee: a retrospective follow-up study over 13-21 y | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 103 |
| 71 | El-Azab, H. | 2008 | The effect of closed- and open-wedge high tibial osteotomy on tibial slope – a retrospective radiological review of 120 cases | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume | 103 |
| 72 | WEALE, AE | 1994 | Unicompartmental arthroplasty and high tibial osteotomy for osteoarthrosis of the knee – a comparative-study with a 12-year to 17-year follow-up period | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 102 |
| 73 | MAQUET, P | 1976 | Valgus osteotomy for osteoarthritis of knee | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 101 |
| 74 | HARRIS, WR | 1970 | High tibial osteotomy for osteo-arthritis of knee | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 101 |
| 75 | Saragaglia, D | 2005 | Navigated osteotomies around the knee in 170 patients with osteoarthritis secondary to genu varum | Orthopedics | 100 |
| 76 | Woodacre, T. | 2016 | Complications associated with opening wedge high tibial osteotomy – a review of the literature and of 15 y of experience | Knee | 99 |
| 77 | Niemeyer, Philipp | 2008 | Two-year results of open-wedge high tibial osteotomy with fixation by medial plate fixator for medial compartment arthritis with varus malalignment of the knee | Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 99 |
| 78 | Arthur, Andrew | 2007 | Proximal tibial opening wedge osteotomy as the initial treatment for chronic posterolateral corner deficiency in the varus knee – a prospective clinical study | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 98 |
| 79 | Noyes, Frank R. | 2006 | Opening wedge high tibial osteotomy – an operative technique and rehabilitation program to decrease complication and promote early union and function | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 98 |
| 80 | Spahn, G | 2006 | Factors that influence high tibial osteotomy results in patients with medial gonarthritis: a score to predict the results | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 98 |
| 81 | Naudie, DDR | 2004 | Opening wedge high tibial osteotomy for symptomatic hyperextension-varus thrust | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 98 |
| 82 | Lee, Dae-Hee | 2016 | Effect of soft tissue laxity of the knee joint on limb alignment correction in open-wedge high tibial osteotomy | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 97 |
| 83 | Brosset, T. | 2011 | Opening wedge high tibial osteotomy performed without filling the defect but with locking plate fixation (tomofix™) and early weight-bearing: prospective evaluation of bone union, precision and maintenance of correction in 51 cases | Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research | 97 |
| 84 | Salzmann, Gian M. | 2009 | Sporting activity after high tibial osteotomy for the treatment of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 96 |
| 85 | Mina, Curtis | 2008 | High tibial osteotomy for unloading osteochondral defects in the medial compartment of the knee | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 95 |
| 86 | Michaela, Gstoettner | 2008 | Long-term outcome after high tibial osteotomy | Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | 95 |
| 87 | Gaasbeek, RDA | 2004 | Distal tuberosity osteotomy in open wedge high tibial osteotomy can prevent patella infera: a new technique | Knee | 95 |
| 88 | Hernigou, P | 2001 | Open wedge tibial osteotomy with acrylic bone cement as bone substitute | Knee | 95 |
| 89 | KIRGIS, A | 1992 | Palsy of the deep peroneal nerve after proximal tibial osteotomy – an anatomical study | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 95 |
| 90 | Izaham, Raja Mohd Aizat Raja | 2012 | Finite element analysis of puddu and tomofix plate fixation for open wedge high tibial osteotomy | Injury-International Journal of The Care of The Injured | 94 |
| 91 | LaPrade, Robert F. | 2010 | Patellar height and tibial slope after opening-wedge proximal tibial osteotomy a prospective study | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 94 |
| 92 | MATTHEWS, LS | 1988 | Proximal tibial osteotomy – factors that influence the duration of satisfactory function | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 94 |
| 93 | Staubli, Alex E. | 2010 | Evolution of open-wedge high-tibial osteotomy: experience with a special angular stable device for internal fixation without interposition material | International Orthopaedics | 93 |
| 94 | Hoell, S | 2005 | The high tibial osteotomy, open versus closed wedge, a comparison of methods in 108 patients | Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | 93 |
| 95 | Duivenvoorden, T. | 2014 | Comparison of closing-wedge and opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee a randomized controlled trial with a six-year follow-up | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 92 |
| 96 | Spahn, Gunter | 2013 | The impact of a high tibial valgus osteotomy and unicondylar medial arthroplasty on the treatment for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 92 |
| 97 | Han, Seung Boem | 2013 | A safe zone in medial open-wedge high tibia osteotomy to prevent lateral cortex fracture | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 91 |
| 98 | Gaasbeek, Robert | 2007 | The influence of open and closed high tibial osteotomy on dynamic patellar tracking: a biomechanical study | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 91 |
| 99 | Rinonapoli, E | 1998 | Tibial osteotomy for varus gonarthrosis – a 10- to 21-year followup study | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 90 |
| 100 | Song, E. K. | 2010 | The complications of high tibial osteotomy: closing- versus opening-wedge methods | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume | 89 |