Dr Ronald van Heerwaarden

The journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, VOLUME 23, 101618, DECEMBER 01, 2021
Role of high tibial osteotomy in medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee: Indications, surgical technique and outcomes
Raghbir S. Khakha, Hamid Rahmatullah Bin Abd Razak, Kristian Kley, Ronald van Heerwaarden, Adrian J. Wilson
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The journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 1 January 2022
Role of joint distraction in osteoarthritis of the knee: Basic science, principles and outcomes
Hamid Rahmatullah Bin Abd Razak, João Pedro Campos, Raghbir S. Khakha, Adrian J. Wilson, Ronald J. van Heerwaarden
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Cartilage, 1947603520942945, 22 Jul 2020
Knee Joint Distraction as Treatment for Osteoarthritis Results in Clinical and Structural Benefit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Limited Number of Studies and Patients Available. Jansen MP, Boymans TAEJ, Custers RJH, van Geenen RCI, van Heerwaarden RJ, Huizinga MR, Nellesteijn JM, Sollie R, Spruijt S, Mastbergen SC.

Arthroskopie, Jun 2020
Knee joint distraction in the treatment of severe osteoarthritis.van Heerwaarden RJ, Verra W.
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eCollection 2020, 15(1):e0227975, 22 Jan 2020
Knee joint distraction in regular care for treatment of knee osteoarthritis: A comparison with clinical trial data. PLoS One. 2020 Jan 22. Jansen MP, Mastbergen SC, van Heerwaarden RJ, Spruijt S, van Empelen MD, Kester EC, Lafeber FPJG, Custers RJH.
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Orthop J Sports Med. 27;7(12):2325967119890056, Dec 2019
Predictors of return to work after high tibial osteotomy: The Importance of being a breadwinner. Hoorntje A, Kuijer PPFM, van Ginneken BT, Koenraadt KLM, van Geenen RCI, Kerkhoffs GMMJ, van Heerwaarden RJ.

J Exp Orthop. 7;6(1):43, Nov 2019
Mechanical strength of a new plate compared to six previously tested opening wedge high tibial osteotomy implants. Diffo Kaze. A, Maas S, Belsey J, Hoffmann A, Seil R, van Heerwaarden RJ, Pape D.

Am J Sports Med.;47(8):1854-1862, Jul 2019
Prognostic factors for return to sport after high tibial osteotomy: A directed acyclic graph approach. Hoorntje A, Kuijer PPFM, van Ginneken BT, Koenraadt KLM, van Geenen RCI, Kerkhoffs GMMJ, van Heerwaarden RJ.

J Patient Rep Outcomes, 3;3(1):31, Jun 2019
Response rate and costs for automated patient-reported outcomes collection alone compared to combined automated and manual collection. Pronk Y, Pilot P, Brinkman JM, van Heerwaarden RJ, van der Weegen W.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 25 Mar 2019
Medial closing wedge high tibial osteotomy for valgus tibial deformities: good clinical results and survival with a mean 4.5 years of follow up in 113 patients. van Lieshout WAM, van Ginneken BJT, Kerkhoffs GMMJ, van Heerwaarden RJ.

KSST, 22 Oct 2018
Eight respectively nine out of ten patients return to sport and work after distal femoral osteotomy. Hoorntje A, van Ginneken BT, Kuijer PPFM, Koenraadt KLM, Van Geenen RCI, Kerkhoffs GMMJ, van Heerwaarden RJ.

13 Sep 2018
A Clinical Trial Examining the Accuracy of High Tibial Osteotomy When Performed by Experts Using a Novel Patient Specific Instrument (PSI).. Jones, Gareth, Jaere, Martin, Clarke, Susannah, van Heerwaarden, Ronald, Wilson, Adrian and Cobb, Justin.
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Cartilage Quality (dGEMRIC Index) 1:1947603518777578, Jun 2018
Following Knee Joint Distraction or High Tibial Osteotomy. Cartilage. Besselink NJ, Vincken KL, Bartels LW, van Heerwaarden RJ, Concepcion AN, Marijnissen ACA, Spruijt S, Custers RJH, van der Woude JTAD, Wiegant K, Welsing PMJ, Mastbergen SC, Lafeber FPJG.

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, 5:49, 2018
Medial collateral ligament laxity in valgus knee deformity before and after medial closing wedge high tibial osteotomy. Instrumented laxity measurements and patient reported outcome. Van Lieshout WAM, Martijn CD, van Ginneken BTJ, van Heerwaarden RJ.

ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book, Osteotomies, Glasgow: Springer. p 93-107, 2018
The surgical details you want to know. Van Heerwaarden RJ. Schröter S, Khakha RS, Wilson A, Pape D, Lobenhoffer P.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. Hirschmann MT. (12):3655-3656, 25 Dec 2017
Knee joint preservation: a call for daily practice revival of realignment surgery and osteotomies around the knee. Van Heerwaarden RJ.

J Knee Surg. (8):774-783, 30 Oct 2017
Total Knee Arthroplasty in Combination with Osteotomies around the Knee. Brinkman JM, Rutten B, van Heerwaarden RJ.

J Knee Surg. (8):746-755, 30 Oct 2017
Correction of Femoral Valgus Deformity. Van Heerwaarden RJ, Brinkman JM, Pronk Y.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. (9):2904-2913, 25 Sep 2017
Gait analysis before and after corrective osteotomy in patients with knee osteoarthritis and valgus deformity. Van Egmond N, Stolwijk N, van Heerwaarden R, van Kampen A, Keijsers NL.
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Oper Orthop Traumatol. (4):306-319, 29 Aug 2017
Medial closed wedge osteotomy of the distal femur in biplanar technique and a specific plate fixator. Lobenhoffer P, Kley K, Freiling D, van Heerwaarden R.
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. (3):876-886, 25 Mar 2017
Knee joint distraction compared with high tibial osteotomy: a randomized controlled trial. van der Woude JA, Wiegant K, van Heerwaarden RJ, Spruijt S, van Roermund PM, Custers RJ, Mastbergen SC, Lafeber FP.
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Bone Joint J., 99-B(1):51-58, Jan 2017
Knee joint distraction compared with total knee arthroplasty: a randomised controlled trial. Van der Woude JA, Wiegant K, van Heerwaarden RJ, Spruijt S, Emans PJ, Mastbergen SC, Lafeber FP.
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Springer Verlag: 499-512, 2017
Osteotomies in the ACL-deficient Knee. In: N. Nakamura et al. (eds.), Controversies in the Technical Aspects of ACL Reconstruction. Grassi A, van Heerwaarden R, Amendola A.
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J Exp Orthop. (1):6, 3 Dec 2016
Periosteal vascularization of the distal femur in relation to distal femoral osteotomies: a cadaveric study. Van der Woude JA, van Heerwaarden RJ, Bleys RL.
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Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr. (3):177-186, 11 Nov 2016
Distal femoral valgus osteotomy: bone healing time in single plane and biplanar technique. van der Woude JA, Spruijt S, van Ginneken BT, van Heerwaarden RJ.

Knee, 23(5):785-91, 2016
Six weeks of continuous joint distraction appears sufficient for clinical benefit and cartilaginous tissue repair in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Van der Woude JA, van Heerwaarden RJ, Spruijt S, Eckstein F, Maschek S, van Roermund PM, Custers RJ, van Spil WE, Mastbergen SC, Lafeber FP.
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Arthroscopy, pii: S0749-8063(14)00736-1, 2015
Smoking and Unstable Hinge Fractures Cause Delayed Gap Filling Irrespective of Early Weight Bearing After Open Wedge Osteotomy. S. Schröter, Freude T, Kopp MM, Konstantinidis L, Döbele S, Stöckle U, van Heerwaarden R.
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Orthopade, 43 (Supplement 1):1-10, Dec 2014
Supracondylar femur osteotomies around the knee : Patient selection, planning, operative techniques, stability of fixation, and bone healing. JM Brinkman, Freiling D, Lobenhoffer P, Staubli AE, van Heerwaarden RJ.

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 472(4):1217-23, Apr 2014
Medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy: can delayed or nonunion be predicted? A.H. van Houten, Heesterbeek PJ, van Heerwaarden RJ, van Tienen TG, Wymenga AB.
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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, 1:1 :1-7, 2014
Biomechanical testing of distal femur osteotomy plate fixation techniques: the role of simulated physiological loading. Brinkman JM, Hurschler C, Agneskirchner J, Lobenhoffer P, Castelein RM, van Heerwaarden RJ.

Orthopäde 2014;43:988-999
Suprakondyläre Femurosteotomien in Kniegelenknähe J.-M. Brinkman, D. Freiling, P. Lobenhoffer, A.E. Staubli, R.J. van Heerwaarden.

Orthopäde, 43:966–975 2014
Kniegelenknahe Osteotomietechniken. Effekt auf Keilvolumina und knöcherne Kontaktflächen. D. Pape, R. van Heerwaarden, M. Haag, R. Seil, H. Madry.
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Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Indikation, Planung, Operationstechnik mit Plattenfixateuren. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York: 236-249, 2014
Kniegelenknahe Osteotomie und Kniendoprothese Differenzialindikation/Kombinationseingriffe. KM Veenstra, S Spruijt, JM Brinkman, RJ van Heerwaarden. In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: Lobenhoffer P, van Heerwaarden R, Agneskirchner, JD.

Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Indikation, Planung, Operationstechnik mit Plattenfixateuren. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York: 214-234, 2014 van Heerwaarden. Rotationsosteotomien von Femur und Tibia. In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: Lobenhoffer P, van Heerwaarden R, Agneskirchner, JD.

Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Indikation, Planung, Operationstechnik mit Plattenfixateuren. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York: 200-212, 2014 van Heerwaarden, S. Hofmann, F. Wagenaar. Doppelosteotomien von Femur und Tibia.In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: Lobenhoffer P, van Heerwaarden R, Agneskirchner, JD.

Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Indikation, Planung, Operationstechnik mit Plattenfixateuren. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York: 180-198, 2014 van Heerwaarden, S. Spruijt. Die suprakondyläre varisierende und valgisierende Femurosteotomie mit plattenfixateuren. In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: Lobenhoffer P, van Heerwaarden R, Agneskirchner, JD (2014) In: Lobenhoffer P, van Heerwaarden R, Agneskirchner, JD.

Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Indikation, Planung, Operationstechnik mit Plattenfixateuren.; Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York: 150-158, 2014
Rehabilitation nach kniegelenknaher Osteotomie. R. Takeuchi, C. Martijn, R. van Heerwaarden, R. Seil. In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: Lobenhoffer P, van Heerwaarden R, Agneskirchner, JD.

Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Indikation, Planung, Operationstechnik mit Plattenfixateuren.; Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York: 87-94, 2014
Konstruktions- und Anwendungsprinzipien von winkelstabilen Plattenfixateuren bei knienahen Femurosteotomien. JM Brinkman, R van Heerwaarden. In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: Lobenhoffer P, van Heerwaarden R, Agneskirchner, JD.

Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Indikation, Planung, Operationstechnik mit Plattenfixateuren.; Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York: 68-75, 2014
Computergestützte Planung von Osteotomien. S. Schröter, R. van Heerwaarden. In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: Lobenhoffer P, van Heerwaarden R, Agneskirchner, JD.

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, 1:1: 1-7, 2014
Biomechanical testing of distal femoral osteotomy plate fixation techniques: the role of simulated physiological loading. Brinkman JM, Hurschler C, Agneskirchner J, Lobenhoffer P, Castelein RM, van Heerwaarden RJ.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 21:220-227, 2013
The safety and feasibility of a less invasive distal femur closing wedge osteotomy technique: a cadaveric dissection study of the medial aspect of the distal femur. J. Visser, J. -M. Brinkman, R. L. A. W. Bleys, R. M. Castelein, R. J. van Heerwaarden.

Knee Surg, Sports Traumatol, Arthrosc. 21:206-212, 2013
Wedge volume and osteotomy surface depend on surgical technique for distal femoral osteotomy. Ronald van Heerwaarden, Michael Najfeld, Martijn Brinkman, Romain Seil, Henning Madry, Dietrich Pape.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol, Arthrosc. 21:213-219, 2013
Return to work and clinical outcome after open wedge HTO. Steffen Schröter, Johannes Mueller, Ronald van Heerwaarden, Philipp Lobenhoffer, Ulrich Stöckle, Dirk Albrecht.

Knee Surg, Sports Traumatol, Arthrosc; 21:189-196, 2013
Digital planning of high tibial osteotomy. Interrater reliability by using two different software. Steffen Schröter, Christoph Ihle, Johannes Mueller, Philipp Lobenhoffer, Ulrich Stöckle, Ronald van Heerwaarden.

OA Arthritis, 02;1(1):4-14, 2013
Intrinsic joint tissue repair by joint distraction..K. Wiegant, R.J. van Heerwaarden, P.M. van Roermund, S.C. Mastbergen.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 21:1-2, 2013
The rapid evolution of knee osteotomies. Romain Seil, Ronald van Heerwaarden, Philipp Lobenhoffer, Dieter Kohn.

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 20(10): 1134-41, 2012
dGEMRIC as a tool for measuring changes in cartilage quality following high tibial osteotomy: a feasibility study. Rutgers M., Bartels L.W., Tsuchida A.I., Castelein R.M., Dhert W.J., Vincken K.L., van Heerwaarden R.J., Saris D.B.

Journal of Arthroplasty, 27(3): 494e5 – 494e8, 2012
An unusal way of intramedullar fixation after a periprosthetic supracondylar femur fracture. J.H.Pot, R.J. van Heerwaarden, T.W. Patt.

Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York, vol. 11, p. 177-187, 2011
Osteotomies around the knee In: G.Bently (ed) European Instructional Lectures. S. Hofmann, Ph. Lobenhoffer, A. Staubli, R. van Heerwaarden.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 19:1090-1098, 2011
Axial and Torsional stability of an improved single plane and a new biplane osteotomy technique for Supracondylar Femur Osteotomies. J-M. Brinkman, C. Hurschler, J.D. Agneskirchner, D. Freiling, R.J. van Heerwaarden.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 19:579-587, 2011
Axial and Torsional stability of Supracondylar Femur Osteotomies: A Biomechanical Investigation of five different Plate and Osteotomy Configurations. J-M. Brinkman, C. Hurschler, J.D. Agneskirchner, D. Freiling, R.J. van Heerwaarden.

Strat Traum Limb Recon. 6(2):51-57, 2011
Reconstructive osteotomy of fibular malunion. R.J van Wensen, M.P.J van de Bekerom, R.K. Marti, R.J.van Heerwaarden.

Operat. Orthop Traumatol. 22(3):317-334, 2010
The medial closed wedge osteotomy of the distal femur for the treatment of unicompartimental lateral osteoarthritis of the knee. D. Freiling, R. van Heerwaarden, A. Staubli, P. Lobenhoffer.

Acta Orthop. 81 (2): 193-198, 2010
Early full weight bearing is safe in open-wedge high tibial osteotomy. RSA analysis of postoperative stability compared to delayed weight bearing. J-M Brinkman, J.W.H. Luites, A.B. Wymenga, R.J. van Heerwaarden.

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 91(11): 1459-1465, 2009
Fixation stability of Open vs Closed Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy. A randomized clinical trial using roentgenstereophotogrammetric analysis. J.W.H. Luites, J-M. Brinkman, A.B. Wymenga, R.J. van Heerwaarden.

Orthopäde, 38: 755-770, 2009
Osteotomien am Kniegelenk bei Monokompartmentarthrose. S. Hofmann, P. Lobenhoffer, A Staubli, R.van Heerwaarden.

J Bone Joint Surg. Br. 90(12):1548-1557, 2008
ASPECTS OF CURRENT MANAGEMENT: Osteotomies around the knee – Patient selection, stability of fixation and bone healing in high tibial osteotomies. J-M. Brinkman, P. Lobenhoffer, J.D. Agneskirchner, A.E. Staubli, A.B. Wymenga and R.J. van Heerwaarden.

Osteotomies around the Knee. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York pp: 209-222, 2008
Osteotomies for failed osteotomies around the knee. R.A. Teitge, R.J. van Heerwaarden In Osteotomies around the Knee: P. Lobenhoffer, R.J. van Heerwaarden, A.E. Staubli and R.P. Jakob. (eds.)

Osteotomies around the Knee. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York pp: 209-222, 2008
Total knee arthroplasty after osteotomy around the knee. K.C. Defoort, G.G. van Hellemondt, R.J. van Heerwaarden, A.E. Staubli. In Osteotomies around the Knee: P. Lobenhoffer, R.J. van Heerwaarden, A.E. Staubli and R.P. Jakob. (eds.)

Osteotomies around the Knee. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York pp: 185-208, 2008
Rotational osteotomies of the femur and the tibia. R.J. van Heerwaarden, P. Koning, I.B. van der Haven In Osteotomies around the Knee: P. Lobenhoffer, R.J. van Heerwaarden, A.E. Staubli and R.P. Jakob. (eds.)

Osteotomies around the Knee. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York pp: 167-184, 2008
Double osteotomies of the femur and the tibia. R.J. van Heerwaarden, F. Wagenaar, S. Hofmann. In Osteotomies around the Knee: P. Lobenhoffer, R.J. van Heerwaarden, A.E. Staubli and R.P. Jakob. (eds.)

Osteotomies around the Knee. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York pp: 147-166, 2008
Supracondylar varization osteotomy of the femur with plate fixation. R.J. van Heerwaarden, A.B. Wymenga, D. Freiling, A.E. Staubli In Osteotomies around the Knee: P. Lobenhoffer, R.J. van Heerwaarden, A.E. Staubli and R.P. Jakob. (eds.)

Osteotomies for posttraumatic deformities. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, pp: 33-55, 2008
Diagnostics and planning of deformity correction: formation of a surgical plan. R.J. van Heerwaarden, J.W. Mast, C.A.J. Paccola In Osteotomies for posttraumatic deformities: R.K. Marti and R.J. van Heerwaarden. (eds.)

Osteotomies for posttraumatic deformities. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, pp: 17-32, 2008
General considerations on indications, types of osteotomy, bone healing, and methods of fixation. R.K. Marti, R.J. van Heerwaarden. In Osteotomies for posttraumatic deformities: R.K. Marti and R.J. van Heerwaarden. (eds.)

Osteotomies for posttraumatic deformities. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, pp: 3-15, 2008
Posttraumatic deformities and osteotomies. R.J. van Heerwaarden, R.K. Marti In Osteotomies for posttraumatic deformities: R.K. Marti and R.J. van Heerwaarden. (eds.)

Arthroskopie 21:6-14, 2008
Die varisierende schließende Femurosteotomie zur Behandlung der Valgusarthrose am Kniegelenk (Medial closed wedge varus osteotomy of the distal femur) D. Freiling, P. Lobenhoffer, A. Staubli, R. van Heerwaarden.

Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, pp: 121-139, 2007
Rotationsosteotomien des Femurs und der Tibia. R. van Heerwaarden. In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: P. Lobenhoffer, J.D. Agneskirchner, M. Galla. (eds.)

Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, pp: 107-119, 2007
Doppelosteotomien von Femur und Tibia. R. van Heerwaarden, F. Wagenaar, S. Hofmann In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: P. Lobenhoffer, J.D. Agneskirchner, M. Galla. (eds.)

Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, pp: 93-106, 2007
Die supracondyläre varisierende Femurosteotomie mit speziellem Plattenfixateur. R. van Heerwaarden, A. Wymenga In Kniegelenknahe Osteotomien: P. Lobenhoffer, J.D. Agneskirchner, M. Galla. (eds.)

Orthopädische, Praxis 43, 3: 142-146, 2007
Algemeine Patientenauswahl und Indikationen zu Doppelosteotomien. S. Hofman, R. van Heerwaarden.

Orthopädische, Praxis 43, 3: 136-141, 2007
Femurosteotomien: Wann muss ich an das femur ? Orthopädische. D. Freiling, R. van Heerwaarden, P. Lobenhoffer.

Orthopädische Praxis 43, 3: 109-115, 2007
Biomechanische Grundlagen und Planung bei Umstellungsosteotomien am Kniegelenk. S. Hofmann, M. Pietsch, R. van Heerwaarden.

Operative techniques in Orthopaedics, (Vol 17(1):12-21, 2007
Distal medial closed wedge varus femur osteotomy stabilized with TomoFix plate fixator. R. van Heerwaarden, A Wymenga, D. Freiling, P. Lobenhoffer.

Gait and Posture, 26: 3-10, 2007
Valgus bracing in patients with medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee. A gait-analysis study of a new brace.. Gaasbeek RDA, Groen BE, Hampsink B, Van Heerwaarden RJ, Duysens JEJ.

Biomaterials, 26: 6713-6719, 2005
Mechanism of incorporation of ß-TCP bone substitutes in open wedge tibial osteotomy in patients. RDA Gaasbeek, HG Toonen, RJ van Heerwaarden, P Buma.

2005
A new valgus brace for varus osteoarthritis of the knee. Medizinisch Orthopaedische Technik. R.J. van Heerwaarden, R.D.A. Gaasbeek.

Knee. 11, p. 457-461, 2004
Distal tuberosity osteotomy in open wedge high tibial osteotomy can prevent patella infera: a new technique.. R.D.A. Gaasbeek, H. Sonneveld, R.J. van Heerwaarden, W.C.H. Jacobs, A.B. Wymenga.

Knee. 11, p. 451-56, 2004
Granule or rigid wedge tricalcium phosphate preforms in open wedge high tibial osteotomy: a radiological study with a new evaluation system. W.L.W. van Hemert, K. Willems, P.G. Anderson, R.J. van Heerwaarden, A.B. Wymenga.

Medifact, 3 (5), 2004
Internal fixator plates for open and closed wedge high tibial osteotomies. R.J. van Heerwaarden.

Surgical Techniques in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 55-575-A-10, 2003
Derotation osteotomies for congenital rotational deformities in adolescents and adults. R.J. van Heerwaarden et al.