Patient satisfaction after medial opening high tibial osteotomy and microfracture.

High tibial osteotomy has become an accepted treatment for patients with varus degenerative arthritis of the knee. We sought to determine factors associated with patient satisfaction and functional outcome following medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy for the degenerative varus knee. Sixty-one patients (14 women and 47 men) undergoing medial opening wedge osteotomy and chondral resurfacing procedure (microfracture) for medial knee pain, with minimum 2-year follow-up, were identified through our clinical database.