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majority ankle osteoarthritis cases posttraumatic affect younger patients longer projected life span hence jointpreserving surgery supramalleolar osteotomy becomes popular among young patients especially asymmetric arthritis due alignment deformities however lack biomechanical studies postoperative evaluation stress ankle joints aimed construct verifiable finite element model human hindfoot explore effect different osteotomy parameters treatment varus ankle arthritis bones hindfoot reconstructed using normal ct tomography data healthy volunteers cartilages ligaments determined literature finite element calculation results compared weightbearing ct wbct data validate model setting different model parameters osteotomy height l osteotomy distraction distance h effects different surgical parameters contact stress ankle joint surface compared alignment deformation hindfoot bones determined finite element analysis aligns closely data obtained wbct maximum contact stress ankle joint surface calculated model increases increase varus angle maximum contact stresses function l h ankle joint surface determined relationship surgical parameters stress ankle joint study could help guiding planning supramalleolar osteotomy according varusvalgus alignment patients