High Tibial Osteotomy – What is it?
November 22, 2010
High Tibial Osteotomy
A high tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a surgical procedure often associated with osteoarthritis of the knee.
“Osteo” means bone. “Otomy” means to cut. So an osteotomy is a cutting of the bone. Osteotomies are usually used to correct angulations of bones. In the case of unicompartmental osteoarthritis, the surgery requires that a wedge of bone is removed from beneath the affected compartment.