Abstract:[Objective] To evaluate clinical efficacy of open wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) combined with intraarticular injection of plateletrich plasma (PRP) for medial knee osteoarthritis (MKOA). [Methods] A retrospective study was conducted on 45 patients who received OWHTO for MKOA in our hospital from March 2021 to May 2022. According to doctor-patient communication, 21 patients only underwent OWHTO without PRP injection (the non-PRP group), while other 24 patients received OWHTO combined with three times intra-articular injections of PRP after the OWHTO (the PRP group). The perioperative, follow-up and imaging data of the two groups were compared. [Results] All patients in both group had OWHTO performed successfully without statistically significant differences in terms of operation time, total incision length, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative drainage volume, walking time, active flexion of 90° time , incision healing grade, and hospital stay between the two groups (P>0.05). However, the non-PRP group consumed significantly less hospitalization cost than the PRP group [(23 000±1 000) yuan vs (30 000±12 000) yuan, P<0.001]. All of them were followed up for more than 24 months. The NRS, KSS, HSS and Lysholm scores, as well as knee flexion-extension range of motion (ROM) in both groups were significantly improved over time (P<0.05). At the last follow-up, the non-PRP group proved significantly inferior to the PRP group in terms of KSS score [(94.0±2.8) vs (95.8±2.0), P=0.020], Lysholm score [(93.4±2.5) vs (95.8±2.5), P=0.002] and knee flexion-extension ROM [(110.9±5.5)° vs (115.4±8.8)°, P=0.042]. Regarding imaging, the posterior tibial slope (PTS), femur tibia angle (FTA), and medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA) and hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA) in both groups were significantly improved at the latest follow-up compared with those before the operation (P<0.05), whereas which were not statistically significant between the two groups at any corresponding time points (P>0.05). [Conclusion] Intraarticular injection of PRP does significantly improve the clinical outcomes of OWHTO, and is beneficial for the functional recovery of patients