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ReviewKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2012

Surgical treatment for early osteoarthritis. Part I: cartilage repair procedures.

A H Gomoll, G Filardo, L de Girolamo, J Espregueira-Mendes, J Esprequeira-Mendes, M Marcacci, W G Rodkey, J R Steadman, R J Steadman, S Zaffagnini and 1 more

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Review in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 63 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. No evidence for combining cartilage treatment and knee osteotomy in osteoarthritic joints: a systematic literature review.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
    Esprequeira-Mendes, J [corrected to Espregueira-Mendes, J]; Steadman, R J [corrected to Steadman, J R]
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

A H GomollCartilage Repair Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. agomoll@yahoo.com
G Filardo
L de Girolamo
J Espregueira-Mendes
J Esprequeira-Mendes
M Marcacci
W G Rodkey
J R Steadman
R J Steadman
S Zaffagnini
E Kon
Orthopedic Institute · USSteadman Philippon Research Institute · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USEspregueira Mendes Clinic · PTIstituto Ortopedico Galeazzi · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Young patients with early osteoarthritis (OA) represent a challenging population due to a combination of high functional demands and limited treatment options. Conservative measures such as injection and physical therapy can provide short-term pain relief but are only palliative in nature. Joint replacement, a successful procedure in the older population, is controversial in younger patients, who are less satisfied and experience higher failure rates. Therefore, while traditionally not indicated for the treatment of OA, cartilage repair has become a focus of increased interest due to its potential to provide pain relief and alter the progression of degenerative disease, with the hope of delaying or obviating the need for joint replacement. This review of cartilage repair techniques will discuss currently available procedures, specifically pertaining to experiences in the setting of early OA. Level of evidence IV.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsArthroscopyCartilage, ArticularCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyChondrocytesDebridementDisease ProgressionHumansOrthopedic ProceduresOsteoarthritis, KneeTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsWeight-Bearing

Identifiers

PMID22113219
OpenAlexW1972083293

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.