Osteochondral lesion of the talus: Is There a critical defect size for poor outcome?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1974-1980

  Choi, Woo Jin ^a   Park, Kwan Kyu ^b   Kim, Bom Soo ^b   Lee, Jin Woo ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ankle; Defect size; Osteochondral lesion; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROPATHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRAL LESION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TALUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TALUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649102000     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509335765     Document Type: Article

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