Arthroscopic drilling vs. micro-invasive surgery for the treatment of full-thickness chondral defects
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2009.06.023
- VernacularTitle:关节镜下钻孔及微骨折技术治疗软骨全层缺损疗效观察
- Author:
Debo YUE
;
Wanshou GUO
;
Weiguo WANG
;
Shaohui SHI
;
Bailiang WANG
;
Zirong LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Knee joint;
Arthroscopy
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2009;08(6):410-411
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This retrospective study was to compare the clinical effects of arthroscopie drilling with arthroscopic microfracture technology on full-thickness chondral defects in 68 patients treated between March 2003 and June 2005. The patients were followed up for an average of (20 ± 5 ) months. Lysholm score and Tegner scale were used to evaluate the efficacy. For the arthrescopic drilling group (n = 15 ) and the microfracture surgery group (n =27) , total effective rates were 12/15 and 85% (23/27), respectively. Our data suggest that those two methods provide simple and effective surgical procedure for the treatment of chondral defects of the knee; the results of arthroscopic microfracture were significantly better than arthroscopic drilling.