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Cartilage Repair Examined by Second-look Arthroscopy Following Double-level Osteotomy Performed for Osteoarthritic Knees with Severe Varus Deformity by Hiroshi Nakayama; Ryo Kanto; Shintaro Onishi; Shunichiro Kambara; Ryousuke Ukon; Kenta Amai; Shinichi Yoshiya; Steffen Schröter; Toshiya Tachibana; Tomoya Iseki is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the status of cartilage repair by second-look arthroscopy following double-level osteotomy (DLO) performed for osteoarthritic knees with severe varus deformity. Methods: Forty-seven consecutive knees in 33 patients who underwent DLO were included in the study. The surgical technique used was a minimally invasive DLO procedure combining lateral closed-wedge distal femoral and medial open-wedge high tibial osteotomies. In the second-look arthroscopic evaluation, the following grading system proposed by Koshino was adopted: Stage A, no repair; stage B, pink fibrous tissue with or without partial coverage with white fibrocartilage; and stage C, total coverage with cartilage. The findings corresponding to stage B or C were considered as repaired. Arthroscopic assessment was performed for each compartment. Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the validated outcome measures. ## Results: The mean age at surgery was 62.8 ± 6.2 years (range: 45-75 years), and the mean time period from DLO to second-look arthroscopy was 17.1 ± 5.0 months (range: 12-33 months). Cartilage repair to some extent was identified in over 90% of the medial femora
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- Author
- Hiroshi Nakayama; Ryo Kanto; Shintaro Onishi; Shunichiro Kambara; Ryousuke Ukon; Kenta Amai; Shinichi Yoshiya; Steffen Schröter; Toshiya Tachibana; Tomoya Iseki
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)