Outcomes of microfracture for traumatic chondral defects of the knee: Average 11‐year follow‐up
Massachusetts Department of Public Health · Harvard University · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Between 1981 and 1991, a total of 72 patients (75 knees) met the following inclusion criteria: (1) traumatic full-thickness chondral defect, (2) no meniscus or ligament injury, and (3) age 45 years and younger (range, 13 to 45 years). Seventy-one knees (95%) were available for final follow-up (range, 7 to 17 years). All patients completed self-administered questionnaires preoperatively and postoperatively.
The following results were significant at the P
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 32.91
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 34
Authors
6- JRJ. Richard SteadmanCorresponding
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Steadman Clinic, University of California Davis Medical Center, University of California, Davis
- KKKaren K. Briggs
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Steadman Clinic, University of California Davis Medical Center, University of California, Davis
- JJJuan J. Rodrigo
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Steadman Clinic, University of California Davis Medical Center, University of California, Davis
- MSMininder S. Kocher
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Steadman Clinic, University of California Davis Medical Center, University of California, Davis
- TJThomas J. Gill
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Steadman Clinic, University of California Davis Medical Center, University of California, Davis
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Meniscus
- Arthroscopy
- WOMAC
- Ligament
- Osteoarthritis
- Incidence (geometry)
- Good health and well-being