Is Previously Implanted Osteosynthesis Material an Obstacle for the Use of Customized Guides?: A Case Report

JBJS Case Connect. 2024 Feb 2;14(1). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.23.00520. eCollection 2024 Jan 1.

Abstract

Case: We present the case of a 46-year-old patient with asymmetric deformity in the posterior tibial slope after previous high tibial osteotomy surgeries with the presence of a medial osteotomy plate. A customized cutting guide was designed to fit on the plate to perform a single surgery and avoid possible soft-tissue complications after multiple surgeries.

Conclusions: The presence of a previous internal fixation device may affect the manufacture of 3-dimensional cutting guides. However, in this case, the previously placed osteosynthesis plate was used as an aid for creating the guide.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Plates
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal* / methods
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteotomy / methods
  • Tibia* / surgery