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Osteochondral defects (OCD) of the talus are pathologic lesions of the talar cartilage and its subchondral bone and might severely deteriorate the quality of life. For the treatment of multiple and/or large talar OCDs and in patients with failed previous surgical treatment the Ankle Spacer was developed. Six patients are included in a prospective clinical and radiological study with a follow-up of two years.
A case-series review was performed on five collegiate athletes with osteochondral lesions of the knee at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). All subjects received surgical intervention to treat the defect. The surgeries performed were either an Osteoarticular Transfer System (OATS) procedure and/or a Microfracturing procedure. Subjects were treated post-operatively by the CSUN team physical therapist and/or athletic trainers at CSUN. This paper seeks to provide information about osteochondral defects of the knee, the surgical interventions, and a protocol for post-operative treatment and rehabilitation of such injuries.
The purpose of the study is to determine if by using MRI changes can be identified changes early on in the knees of young children that may be at risk for developing osteochondritis dissecans. If MRI can identify changes then better council can be offered about the risks of future activity and treatment options.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using Chondro-Gide® collagen membrane either sutured or glued compared to microfracture alone in the treatment of symptomatic cartilage defects of the knee.
This study plans to learn more about ways to treat a joint problem in the knee called Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD). The goal of this study is to see if injecting platelet-rich plasma (PRP) into the knee can help knee cartilage heal faster, and will try to determine whether the injections lead to improvements in pain, performance of activities of daily living, improvements is sports activities and overall function and symptoms reduction. The investigators will compare PRP treatment to conservative therapy.
BACKGROUND Osteochondral lesions are defects of the cartilaginous surface and underlying subchondral bone of the talar dome. The use of concentrated bone marrow derived cells has been gaining successful results with arthroscopic implantation, since it is possible to transplant not only mesenchymal stem cells but also accessory cells that support angiogenesis and vasculogenesis by producing several growth factors. OBJECTIVES Objective of this project is to identify the critical points of the regenerative treatment of osteochondral lesions of the ankle, in order to develop a standard and predictable procedure able to overcome the drawbacks of the previous techniques. METHODS Our program is to evaluate and follow 140 new patients with focal osteochondral lesion of the talus. The surgical procedure will be executed as following: the day before the surgery the platelet gel will be produced. The day of the surgery bone marrow will be aspirate from the posterior iliac crest and concentrated directly in the operating room by centrifugation, in order to obtain 6 mL of concentrate containing nucleated cells. Then a standard ankle arthroscopy will be performed. The scaffold will be loaded with 2 ml of bone marrow concentrate and cut into an appropriate shape. After the scaffold implantation platelet gel will be sprayed on the top of implant, in order to provide extra growth factors and to improve the stability of the implant. All patients will be examined clinically preoperatively, at 3, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months and at maximum follow-up. Different score scales will be used to objectivate the clinical results (AOFAS, SF-36, VAS). X-rays and MRI scan will be also taken preoperatively, and MRI will be executed at 12, 24 and 36 months of follow-up. In particular, a new qualitative MRI called T2 mapping will be performed at 24 months. EXPECTED RESULTS We expect to highlight the effectiveness of the arthroscopic bone marrow derived cells (BMDCs) transplantation in a long term follow up study, with particular attention to identify the patient population that can gain the maximum benefit from this treatment, avoiding expensive and unnecessary procedures that too often are performed.
The purpose of this study is to compare the functional, clinical and radiographic outcomes associated with trans-articular drilling versus retro-articular drilling, two commonly employed techniques of operative treatment for stable forms of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans (JOCD) lesions. This study also aims to better define the natural history of this condition in its most commonly identified pathological state (as a stable lesion) following surgical intervention by determining the rate of radiographic healing and any need for secondary surgery.
The purpose of this study is to determine the performance of the Agili-C implants. The study hypothesis is that Agili-C implants are effective in the treatment of focal cartilage and cartilage-bone joint surface defects.