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ArticleJournal of orthopaedics2018

Early determinants of long-term clinical outcome after cartilage repair surgery in the knee.

Eirik Solheim, Janne Hegna, Eivind Inderhaug

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Article in Journal of orthopaedics, 2018. 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 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Eirik SolheimDepartment of Orthopedics, Deaconess University Hospital, Haraldsplass, Bergen, Norway.
Janne HegnaDepartment of Orthopedics, Aleris Nesttun Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Eivind InderhaugDepartment of Orthopedics, Deaconess University Hospital, Haraldsplass, Bergen, Norway.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo identify early determinants of clinical outcome after knee cartilage repair.

methods205 patients were evaluated before surgery and at median 14-years follow-up.

resultsBaseline 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.

conclusionsThe choice of surgical method seem to be less important than other patients-specific predictors. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Case series, Level IV.

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ArthroscopyArticular cartilage defectsKneeMicrofractureMosaicplasty

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PMID29657472
PMCPMC5895901

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