[The effect of tibiofemoral angle changes on the results of dome osteotomy].

Objectives: We investigated the effect of tibiofemoral angle changes on the results of dome osteotomy in patients with medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee.

Methods: The study included 23 knees of 22 patients (15 women, 7 men; mean age 60 years; range 37 to 73 years) who underwent high tibial dome osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis. A simple modified Charnley external fixator was used for stabilization of the osteotomy.

Bucket-handle tear of medial plica.

Plicae are synovial folds, classified according to their anatomical relationship to the patella. The medial patellar plica is normally asymptomatic, but it may cause symptoms when it becomes thickened and fibrotic. We describe three cases of bucket-handle tear of the medial patellar plica.