Ultrasound Bone Stimulator Accelerates Clinical and Radiographic Healing Time of Bilateral High Tibial Osteotomies: A Case Report

High Tibial Osteotomies are used to treat unilateral knee compartment overload to treat or prevent unilateral compartment arthritis by correcting alignment, thus redistributing forces across the joint. HTO’s have a good track record for patient satisfaction as long as union occurs at the osteotomy site, but there are reports of nonunion in 5.4% of cases. For those that do go on to heal, average time to union is thought to be around 6 months, and this can be even longer in certain populations. Here we present a case report of accelerated healing of staged bilateral medial opening wedge HTO’s using an ultrasound bone stimulator as part of the post-operative protocol.  Read more....