Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38561825›Full record

ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2024

Bilateral juvenile osteochondrosis dissecans in monozygotic twins: a case report.

Luca Bausch, Monika Probst, Lorenz Fritsch, Julian Mehl, Sebastian Siebenlist, Lukas Willinger

Abstract readCase ReportsLetter
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Luca BauschDepartment of Sports Orthopaedics, Technical University Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Monika ProbstDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Lorenz FritschDepartment of Sports Orthopaedics, Technical University Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Julian MehlDepartment of Sports Orthopaedics, Technical University Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Sebastian SiebenlistDepartment of Sports Orthopaedics, Technical University Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany. sebastian.siebenlist@tum.de.
Lukas WillingerDepartment of Sports Orthopaedics, Technical University Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe etiology of osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD), a chondropathy associated with detachment of the subchondral bone and the overlaying cartilage, is not yet fully understood. While repetitive physical exercise-related stress is usually assumed to be the main risk factor for the occurrence of OCD, genetic predisposition could have an underestimated influence on the development of the disease. CASE REPORT: We report a case of monozygotic twins with almost identical stages of bilateral osteochondrosis dissecans of the knee joint. In both patients, initially, a unilateral lesion occurred; despite restricted physical exercise, in the further course of the disease a lesion also developed on the contralateral side. While the lesion found most recently demonstrated an ongoing healing process at a 6-month follow-up, the other three lesions showed a natural course of healing under conservative treatment with significant clinical as well as radiological improvements after one year and complete consolidation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after 2 years.

conclusionThere could be a genetic component to the development of OCD, although this has not yet been proven. Based on a two-year MRI follow-up, we were able to show the self-limiting characteristics of juvenile osteochondrosis dissecans.

Indexed as

Osteochondritis DissecansOsteochondrosisHumansKnee JointMagnetic Resonance ImagingRadiographyTwins, MonozygoticAOCDFemoral condyleJOCDOsteochondral lesionOsteochondrosis dissecans

Identifiers

PMID38561825
PMCPMC10983665

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.