Early determinants of long-term clinical outcome after cartilage repair surgery in the knee.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
To identify early determinants of clinical outcome after knee cartilage repair. 205 patients were evaluated before surgery and at median 14-years follow-up. Baseline factors predicting a good outcome were: single lesion; normal appearing cartilage surrounding the lesion; high baseline Lysholm score; short duration of symptoms; non-involvement of the patella-femoral joint; young age; and small defect. Factors predicting a poor outcome were: multiple lesions; low baseline Lysholm score; degenerative cartilage surrounding the lesion; long symptom duration; meniscal lesion; and large defect. The choice of surgical method seem to be less important than other patients-specific predictors. Case series, Level IV.
Anatomy
- knee