Before | After |
Before | After |
Pain in the hip, knee, and ankle can often be caused by bowlegs (varus deformity) or knock knees (valgus deformity). In other words, when our legs are not aligned straight at the hips, knees, and ankles, there can be an abnormal force across the knee. This often leads to pain, cosmetic deformity, and premature knee arthritis.
Surgical correction can help treat the deformity. With this minimally invasive treatment, your leg can be realigned. As a result, you’ll feel less pain, look better, and have healthier knees. We’d like to see you spend more time walking, running, and doing more of the physical activities you enjoy.
Denise's Story: Since my surgery, I have had virtually NO PAIN in my knees... I've been able to return to enjoying an active lifestyle.
Laticia's Story: Dr. Rozbruch has changed my life and allowed me to be able to walk, run, and dance circles around the gym.
D.G.'s Story: I am grateful to Dr Rozbruch and his team at HSS for the excellent care I received, pre- and post-surgery, and I’m looking forward to enjoying my legs for many years.
- David T. Zhang, Peter S. Principe, Austin T. Fragomen, S Robert Rozbruch. Comparison and Validation of Preoperative Planning Techniques for Distal Femoral Osteotomies and Proximal Tibial Osteotomies. J Knee Surg. May 2020. DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1710372
- Morgan OJ, Hillstrom HJ, Ranawat A, Fragomen AT, Rozbruch SR, Hillstrom R. Effects of a Medial Knee Unloading Implant on Tibiofemoral Joint Mechanics During Walking. J Orthop Res. 2019 Oct;37(10):2149-2156. doi: 10.1002/jor.24379. Epub 2019 Jun 19.
- Steinhaus ME, Buksbaum J, Eisenman A, Kohli M, Fragomen AT, Rozbruch SR. Tranexamic Acid Reduces Postoperative Blood Loss in Distal Femoral Osteotomy. J Knee Surg. 2019 Feb 12. DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1678540. [Epub ahead of print]
- Laura J. Kleeblad, MD; Jelle P. van der List, MD; Andrew D. Pearle, MD; Austin T. Fragomen, MD; S. Robert Rozbruch, MD. Predicting the Feasibility of Correcting Mechanical Axis in Large Varus Deformities With Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty 33 (2018) 372-378. DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.09.052.
- Predicting Knee Joint Contact Pressure and Shear Stress for Different Alignments, Reisse, F.; Hillstrom, H.J.; Walker, R.W.; Carpanen, D.; Lenhoff, M.W.; Imhauser, C.W.; Rozbruch, S.R.; Fragomen, A.T.; Koff, M.F.; Dowell, J.; Mootanah, R., Anglia Ruskin University, Montreal, Canada, July 25, 2014
- Does the Taylor Spatial Frame Accurately Correct Tibial Deformities? S. Robert Rozbruch MD, Kira Segal BA, Svetlana Ilizarov MD, Austin T. Fragomen MD, Gabriel Ilizarov MD, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 2009.
- Correction of Tibial Deformity with Use of the Ilizarov-Taylor Spatial Frame article in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
- Proximal Tibial Osteotomy for Medical Compartment Osteoarthritis of the Knee Using the Ilizarov Taylor Spatial Frame published in Techniques of Knee Surgery Sept 2005
- Techniques In Tibial Osteotomy: External Fixation for Proximal Tibial Osteotomy www.hss.edu 2004 March 5.
- Correction of Large Bilateral Tibia Vara Using the Ilizarov Method published by Dr. Rozbruch in Journal of Knee Surgery, January 2003