Many Koreans, if left unattended, will lead to this disease

May 30, 2025

Many Koreans, if left unattended, will lead to this disease
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The knee consists of the thigh bone and shin bone, and joint cartilage in between. Because you have to support your body, your weight constantly puts pressure on your knee joints, making them more susceptible to damage. In particular, the curved leg, so-called 'O leg (inner half)', which often appears to Koreans who are familiar with sedentary life, causes abnormal weight load as the leg bends inward and the weight is concentrated inside the joint.

'Odari' does not stop in a curved state, but the condition gets worse over time and can cause cartilage damage continuously, eventually leading to arthritis. In order to treat arthritis caused by 'Odari', conservative treatment methods such as drug therapy, injection therapy, and exercise therapy can be selected first. If symptoms do not improve despite conservative treatment, surgical treatment may be considered to suppress arthritis progression.

When it comes to arthritis surgery treatment, you can think of knee artificial joint surgery, which is not an absolute method. Arthritis is divided into stages 1 to 4, and for stage 2 to 3, the inside of the tibia (shinbone) can be cut, the upper part of the tibia is cut, and then fixed using a flat metal plate, and stem cell surgery can be performed simultaneously depending on the degree of joint defect.




Yoo Jae-ha, head of the Joint Center at Gangnam Nanuri Hospital, explained, `Through proximal tibial osteotomy, we can slow the progression of damage and arthritis inside the joint, and improve the function of pain and knee joints.'

For proximal tibia osteotomy, it can be applied to patients with 'Odari' arthritis in a relatively young and active age group. It has the advantage of preserving one's joints while correcting bent legs, alleviating symptoms of arthritis, and delaying the timing of artificial joint surgery. In addition, Cartistem (a stem cell therapy derived from blood excrement) can be performed in parallel with surgery to help regenerate cartilage. Cartistem is a cartilage regeneration treatment that regenerates damaged cartilage by injecting stem cells by making a fine hole in the damaged cartilage area. These surgical treatments can slow arthritis exacerbations and reduce pain, but they are not a complete solution. Continuous management is essential even after surgery.

Manager Yoo Jae-ha advised, `If knee pain is repeated and leg-shaped deformation is suspected, you should visit the hospital, receive an accurate diagnosis from a specialist through an examination, and consider customized treatment.'




Many Koreans, if left unattended, will lead to this disease
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