Introduction:

The technique of proximal fibular ostectomy of the as a treatment of painful genu varo was published for the first time in Cuba in 2017. It is a simple, mini-traumatic and effective procedure that reduces pain when suffering from medial osteoarthritis of the knee.

Objectives:

To assess the status of patients after three years of surgery, taking into account that in the literature reviewed only two authors report results with more than two years.

Methods:

Surveys were conducted through outpatient consultation and telephone. Univariate tables were developed to describe the behaviour of each variable and bivariate contingency tables for the association between pairs of variables.

Results:

In the 68 interventions performed, the female sex predominated; the most representative age group was 70 years or older and the mean age was 68.59 years. 93.3 % of the cases were obese and overweight people. The mean follow-up time was 48.7 months. 32.3 % of the sample was evaluated as unsatisfactory.

Conclusions:

Despite maintaining satisfactory results in two thirds of cases, obesity is a negative factor that influences degenerative changes in the knee.

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