Abstract:[Objective] To study effects of two surgical methods on interleukin 17 (IL-17) and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) in knee osteoarthritis. [Methods] A total of 127 patients received surgical treatment for knee osteoarthritis in our hospital from December 2018 to December 2019. Of them, 63 patients were treated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) , while the remaining 64 patients underwent proximal fibular osteotomy (PFO) . The perioperative data, VAS, WOMAC and HSS scores, as well as serum level of IL-17 and TGF- β1 were compared between the two groups. [Results] All the patients in both groups had operation performed smoothly without serious intraop- erative complications. The PFO group proved significantly superior to the TKA group in terms of operation time, intraoperative blood loss, hospital stay and hospital expenses (P<0.05) . Compared with those preoperatively, the VAS and WOMAC score significantly decreased (P< 0.05) , whereas the HSS score significantly increased at 1 month postoperatively (P<0.05) . The PFO group proved significantly superior to the TKA group in abovesaid scores at 1 month postoperatively (P<0.05) . Regarding to laboratory test, the Il-17 significantly decreased, while the TGF-β1 significantly increased postoperatively in both groups compared with those before operation (P<0.05) . The PFO group had significantly lower IL-17 and TGF-β1 than the TKA group postoperatively (P<0.05) . [Conclusion] The proximal fibular osteotomy has sound outcomes for knee osteoarthritis, and can effectively improve Il-17 and TGF-β1 levels.