What's New In Knee-preservation Treatment?

Objectives: The knee-salvage treatment is the minimally invasive pr ocedure for knee arthropathy,which requires a procedure reducing the d amage of bioactivity and physiological property of the soft-tissue envelo pe.Osteoarthritis is the most common indication for knee arthroplasty,a nd the main problems are the stiffness and postoperative infection.How ever,now fibular osteotomy and high tibial osteotomy based on the kne e-salvage treatment is considered to delay the prosthetic surgeries or rep lace them.Tibial plateau fracture is another common skeletal injury,a c omplicated intra-articular fracture.The goals of knee-salvage treatment f or tibial plateau fracture are minimally invasive reduction,stable fixation and recovery of articular congruence.This article reported the latest ad vances made in knee salvage treatment,especially in the treatment of osteoarthritis and tibial plateau fractures,and discussed current options a nd results reported in the literature,in an attempt to shed some light in the demanding procedure of knee-salvage treatment.