Abstract
Stimulation of bone healing and bone formation through local application of growth factors may improve the clinical outcome in high tibial osteotomy in varus knee. The goal of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of autologous growth factors asscociated with or without granular coralline hydroxyapatite used to fill open wedge defects after tibial osteotomy for valgisation in 13 patients with medial femorotibial degeneration.
The integration of the coralline hydroxyapatite was complete in every case; we did not encounter any general or local problems, nor were there any intra-operative, peri-operative or post-operative complications. We conclude that local application of autologous growth factors associated with coralline hydroxyapatite is a good solution to stimulate callus formation and ossification in the early phase of bone healing and can substitute bone graft to fill bone defects.
