Second-Look Arthroscopic Observations After Radiofrequency Treatment of Partial Thickness Articular Cartilage Defects in Human Knees -Report of Four Cases
| Autor: | Ilya Voloshin, Kenneth E. DeHaven, J. Richard Steadman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Adult
Cartilage Articular Male medicine.medical_specialty Abrasion (medical) Chondroplasty Articular cartilage Knee Injuries Arthroscopy medicine Second Look Surgery Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Cartilage medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Repair tissue Second-Look Surgery Catheter Ablation Female business Partial thickness |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Knee Surgery. 18:116-122 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2480 1538-8506 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0030-1248168 |
| Popis: | Partial thickness articular cartilage defects in the knee are commonly encountered clinical problems. Recently, use of radiofrequency-based devices for performing arthroscopic chondroplasty has gained popularity. However, published experimental studies using different methods for evaluating the histologic effects of radiofrequency-chondroplasty on surrounding cartilage offer contradictory results. To date, few clinical findings after radiofrequency-based chondroplasty have been reported. We present four patients where follow-up arthroscopy documented partial thickness articular defects treated previously with radiofrequency-based chondroplasty to be completely filled with stable repair tissue. No attempt was made to stimulate cartilage regeneration (ie, abrasion or microfracture) in any of these cases. |
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