Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Sep 2019
Patients' expectations of osteotomies around the knee are high regarding activities of daily living.
This study was conducted to investigate patients' expectations on high tibial osteotomies, distal femur osteotomies, and double-level osteotomies in different health-related domains. It was hypothesized that expectations are high in terms of capacity to work, pain relief, and restoring knee function. ⋯ Therapeutic study, Level II.
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Sep 2019
Open reconstruction with autologous spongiosa grafts and matrix-induced chondrogenesis for osteochondral lesions of the talus can be performed without medial malleolar osteotomy.
To evaluate complication rates and postoperative outcomes in patients with osteochondral lesions of the talus who underwent an autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis (AMIC) procedure with autologous spongiosa grafting without malleolar osteotomy. ⋯ Therapeutic case series, Level IV.