Fig. 1

Influence of the method of high tibial osteotomy and the status of the medial meniscus posterior root on stress distribution in the medial meniscus posterior root or on each component of the knee joint. (a) The relationship between the posterior tibial slope and von Mises stress and shear stress in the medial meniscus posterior root after each high tibial osteotomy. (b) Contact stress and contact area in the medial knee compartment for each method of high tibial osteotomy and the status of the medial meniscus posterior root. (c) Contact stress in each component of the knee joint for each method of high tibial osteotomy and the status of the medial meniscus posterior root. PTS posterior tibial slope, VMS von Mises stress, MFC medial femoral condyle, MM medial meniscus, MTP medial tibial plateau, LFC lateral femoral condyle, LM lateral meniscus, LTP lateral tibial plateau.