ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2026
MOCART 2.0 score of 60 or greater measured at 1 year post-operatively predicts favourable clinical outcomes after surgical repair of tibiofemoral cartilage lesions.
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- Autologous minced cartilage implantation for unstable osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow demonstrates favourable clinical and imaging outcomes at a mean 2-year follow-up.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
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purpose(1) To evaluate the relationship between the Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue (MOCART) 2.0 score and post-operative clinical outcomes following surgical repair of cartilage lesions in the tibiofemoral joint, and (2) to determine threshold values of the 1-year MOCART 2.0 score associated with favourable patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
methodsMedical records of patients who underwent surgical repair for tibiofemoral joint cartilage lesions from 2010 to 2022 were retrospectively reviewed, and those who had magnetic resonance imaging and clinical assessments 1 year post-operatively were included. Outcomes were assessed using the International Knee Documentation Committee subjective score, Lysholm score and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), with respective clinically important difference (CID) and substantial clinical benefit (SCB) values used to evaluate clinically significant improvement. Relationships between MOCART 2.0 scores and PROMs were analyzed, with cut-off values determined via receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, followed by group comparisons.
resultsEighty-six patients were included (mean age, 51.9 ± 14.3 years; males/females, 16/70; mean lesion size, 3.1 ± 1.5 cm
conclusionsThe MOCART 2.0 score, assessed 1 year after surgical repair for cartilage lesions in the tibiofemoral joint, positively correlates with PROMs, with scores of ≥60 expected to be associated with favourable clinical outcomes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.
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