ArticleCurrent reviews in musculoskeletal medicine2012
Management of cartilage defects in the shoulder.
Article in Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical and structural midterm follow-up after surgical treatment of a traumatic delaminating chondral lesion of the humeral head using the minced cartilage technique: a case report.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2026Article
- Arthroscopic Microfracture for Focal Glenoid Osteochondral Lesions in Young Active-Duty Military Patients: A Minimum 10-Year Follow-Up.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Outcomes After Microfracture for Concomitant Glenoid and Humeral Head Osteochondral Defects in Active-Duty Military Patients Younger Than 55 Years With Minimum 5-Year Follow-up.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Osteochondral allograft transplantation for articular humeral head defect from ballistic trauma.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2024Article
- Surgical treatment options for articular cartilage defects of the glenohumeral joint: A systematic review.Shoulder & elbow · 2023Review
- Does the presence of arthroscopically detected stage 1-2 glenohumeral osteoarthritis have any clinical impact on the outcome of arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs?Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2023Article
- Minced Cartilage Procedure for One-Stage Arthroscopic Repair of Chondral Defects at the Glenohumeral Joint.Arthroscopy techniques · 2021Article
- Osteochondritis dissecans of the glenoid: an analysis of grades, treatment, and outcomes.JSES international · 2021Article
- Assessment of Safe Cartilage Harvesting Quantity in the Shoulder: A Cadaveric Study.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Reconstruction of a Central Full-Thickness Glenoid Defect Using Osteochondral Autograft Technique from the Ipsilateral Knee.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2020Article
- Glenoid Cartilage Lesions Compromise Outcomes of Surgical Treatment for Posterior Shoulder Instability.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- Long-term follow-up of osteochondral autologous transplantation in the metacarpophalangeal joints.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2014Article
- Glenohumeral cartilage lesions: reviewing diagnostic imaging strategies and preoperative evaluation.Radiologia brasileiraReview
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Articular cartilage lesions of the glenohumeral joint are an especially difficult clinical problem to manage, particularly in the younger, more active patient. Left untreated, these lesions may progress in the long-term, leading to further pain and disability. While shoulder arthroplasty remains a viable option in older patients with glenohumeral arthritis, concerns over component longevity and loosening in younger patients make it less attractive in that age group. Arthroscopic joint debridement with loose body removal, often with capsular release, has been successful in select, more sedentary patients. More recent techniques, including autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), osteochondral grafting (allograft versus autograft), interpositional arthroplasty, and microfracture surgery, have been evaluated for use in the shoulder. These procedures have experienced success in weight bearing joints, including the knee and ankle. Despite the good clinical results in the shoulder with short-term follow-up reported in some small series, the treatment of chondral injuries in the glenohumeral joint remains a challenging problem.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.