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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Small-Diameter Subchondral Drilling Improves DNA and Proteoglycan Content of the Cartilaginous Repair Tissue in a Large Animal Model of a Full-Thickness Chondral Defect.

Patrick Orth, Mona Eldracher, Magali Cucchiarini, Henning Madry

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patrick OrthCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University, Kirrberger Strasse 100, Building 37, D-66421 Homburg, Germany.
Mona EldracherCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University, Kirrberger Strasse 100, Building 37, D-66421 Homburg, Germany.
Magali CucchiariniCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University, Kirrberger Strasse 100, Building 37, D-66421 Homburg, Germany.
Henning MadryCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University, Kirrberger Strasse 100, Building 37, D-66421 Homburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8612-4842
Saarland University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study quantified changes in the DNA content and extracellular matrix composition of both the cartilaginous repair tissue and the adjacent cartilage in a large animal model of a chondral defect treated by subchondral drilling. Content of DNA, proteoglycans, and Type II and Type I collagen, as well as their different ratios were assessed at 6 months in vivo after treatment of full-thickness cartilage defects in the femoral trochlea of adult sheep with six subchondral drill holes, each of either 1.0 mm or 1.8 mm in diameter by biochemical analyses of the repair tissue and the adjacent cartilage and compared with the original cartilage. Only subchondral drilling which were 1.0 mm in diameter significantly increased both DNA and proteoglycan content of the repair tissue compared to the original cartilage. DNA content correlated with the proteoglycan and Type II collagen content within the repair tissue. Significantly higher amounts of Type I collagen within the repair tissue and significantly increased DNA, proteoglycan, and Type I collagen content in the adjacent cartilage were identified. These translational data support the use of small-diameter bone-cutting devices for marrow stimulation. Signs of early degeneration were present within the cartilaginous repair tissue and the adjacent cartilage.

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articular cartilageDNAearly osteoarthritisextracellular matrixmarrow stimulationproteoglycansubchondral drillingType I collagenType II collagen

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PMID32570841
PMCPMC7356183
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