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Aim of the present study was to analyze factors influencing the decision towards accompanying HTO in patients with cartilage defects of the medial femoral condyle, such as the amount of varus deformity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Data from 4986 patients treated for cartilage defects of the knee from the German Cartilage Registry (KnorpelRegister DGOU) were used for the current analysis. Seven hundred and thirty-six patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Their data were analyzed for factors influencing the decision towards performing a concomitant HTO using\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      test, univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression models.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The break point at which the majority of patients receive a concomitant HTO is 3\u00b0 of varus deformity. Several factors apart from the amount of varus deformity (5.61\u2009\u00b1\u20092.73\u00b0 vs. 1.72\u2009\u00b1\u20092.38\u00b0,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.00) differed significantly between the group of patients with HTO and those without. These included defect size (441.6\u2009\u00b1\u2009225.3\u00a0mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      vs. 386.5\u2009\u00b1\u2009204.2\u00a0mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001), symptom duration (29.53\u2009\u00b1\u200944.58\u00a0months vs. 21.85\u2009\u00b1\u200934.17\u00a0months,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.021), defect grade (62.5% IVa\/IVb vs. 57.3% IVa\/IVb,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.014), integrity of corresponding joint surface (10.8% grade III\u2013IV vs. 0.2% grade III\u2013IV,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), meniscus status (15.5%\u2009&gt;\u20091\/3 resected vs. 4.4%\u2009&gt;\u20091\/3 resected,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and number of previous surgeries (1.01\u2009\u00b1\u20091.06 vs. 0.75\u2009\u00b1\u20091.00,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001). In the stepwise multivariate binary logistic regression test, only the amount of varus deformity, symptom duration and quality of the corresponding joint surface remained significant predictors associated with performing a concomitant HTO.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Based upon data from a nationwide cohort, additional HTO in context with cartilage repair procedures of the medial femoral condyle is frequently performed even in mild varus deformities less than 5\u00b0. 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