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Radiofrequency Chondroplasty May Not Have a Long-Lasting Effect in the Treatment of Concomitant Grade II Patellar Cartilage Defects in Humans

Ulrich Koller,
Bernhard Springer,
Colleen Rentenberger,
Pavol Szomolanyi,
Wenzel Waldstein,
Reinhard Windhager,
Siegfried Trattnig and
Sebastian Apprich

J. Clin. Med.2020, 9(4), 1202;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9041202

22 April 2020

The effect of radiofrequency chondroplasty on cartilage tissue is not well studied. This prospective pilot study investigates the effect of radiofrequency chondroplasty on International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) grade II patellar cartilage defe...

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AMIC—Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis Technique in Patellar Cartilage Defects Treatment: A Retrospective Study with a Mid-Term Follow-Up

Daniele Tradati,
Paola De Luca,
Alessio Maione,
Francesco Mattia Uboldi,
Piero Volpi,
Laura de Girolamo and
Massimo Berruto

J. Clin. Med.2020, 9(4), 1184;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9041184

20 April 2020

Background: Knee cartilage defects can be retrieved in 60% of patients undergoing knee arthroscopy, especially in the patellofemoral joint. Different techniques have been proposed to treat patellar defects, although most of them are associated with s...

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Dynamic Ultrasonography for Imaging Pediatric Fat Pad Herniation through the Lateral Patellar Retinaculum

Wei-Ting Wu,
Ke-Vin Chang,
Kuan-Wen Wu,
Kamal Mezian,
Vincenzo Ricci and
Levent Özçakar

Diagnostics2022, 12(10), 2523;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12102523

17 October 2022

A 3-year-old boy was found to have a painless mass over his right anterior lateral knee for the previous 6 months. The mass was hardly identified during knee extension and became visible upon squatting. There was no specific finding on ultrasound ima...

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Communication

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Management of Patellar Chondral Defects with Autologous Matrix Induced Chondrogenesis (AMIC) Compared to Microfractures: A Four Years Follow-Up Clinical Trial

Filippo Migliorini,
Jörg Eschweiler,
Nicola Maffulli,
Arne Driessen,
Björn Rath,
Markus Tingart and
Hanno Schenker

Life2021, 11(2), 141;https://doi.org/10.3390/life11020141

13 February 2021

Introduction: Evidence on the management of chondral defects of the patella arises from studies in which the patellofemoral joint was treated together with the femorotibial joint and primary and revision settings. Furthermore, the superiority of Auto...

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Systematic Postoperative Assessment of a Minimally-Invasive Sheep Model for the Treatment of Osteochondral Defects

Long Xin,
Joerg Mika,
Victoria Horbert,
Sabine Bischoff,
Harald Schubert,
Juliane Borowski,
Stefan Maenz,
René Huber,
Andre Sachse and
Bernhard Illerhaus
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Life2020, 10(12), 332;https://doi.org/10.3390/life10120332

7 December 2020

To assess the clinical course of a sheep stifle joint model for osteochondral (OC) defects, medial femoral condyles (MFC) were exposed without patella luxation using medial parapatellar skin (3–4 cm) and deep incisions (2–3 cm). Two defec...

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Treatment of Knee Osteochondral Fractures

Mihai Alexandru Cordunianu,
Iulian Antoniac,
Marius Niculescu,
Gheorghe Paltanea,
Anca Daniela Raiciu,
Horatiu Dura,
Norin Forna,
Ioana Dana Carstoc and
Mihai Bogdan Cristea

Healthcare2022, 10(6), 1061;https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061061

8 June 2022

Osteochondral lesions (OCLs) that are frequently encountered in skeletally immature and adult patients are more common than once thought, and their incidence rate is rising. These lesions can appear in many synovial joints of the body, such as the sh...

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