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ReviewCartilage2021

Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus: A Review on Talus Osteochondral Injuries, Including Osteochondritis Dissecans.

Juergen Bruns, Christian Habermann, Mathias Werner

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In one paragraph

Review in Cartilage, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Additional cartilage treatment for small defects in chronic ankle instability shows no mid-term benefit and delays recovery: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025
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  18. Hyperuricemia predicts adverse clinical outcomes after arthroscopic microfracture of osteochondral lesions of the talus.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Juergen BrunsWilhelmsburger Krankenhaus Gross-Sand, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8802-1022
Christian HabermannMarienkrankenhaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Mathias WernerVivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany.
Klinikum im Friedrichshain · DEMarienkrankenhaus Hamburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a review on talus osteochondritis dissecans and talus osteochondral lesions. A majority of the osteochondral lesions are associated with trauma while the cause of pure osteochondritis dissecans is still much discussed with a possible cause being repetitive microtraumas associated with vascular disturbances causing subchondral bone necrosis and disability. Symptomatic nondisplaced osteochondral lesions can often be treated conservatively in children and adolescents while such treatment is less successful in adults. Surgical treatment is indicated when there is an unstable cartilage fragment. There are a large number of different operative technique options with no number one technique to be recommended. Most techniques have been presented in level II to IV studies with a low number of patients with short follow ups and few randomized comparisons exist. The actual situation in treating osteochondral lesions in the ankle is presented and discussed.

Indexed as

OsteonecrosisAdolescentAdultAnkle JointArthroscopyChildHumansIntra-Articular FracturesMagnetic Resonance ImagingOsteochondritis DissecansTalusTomography, X-Ray Computedcartilageosteochondral lesionsosteochondritis dissecans talirepairtalus

Identifiers

PMID33423507
PMCPMC8808845
OpenAlexW3120651596

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