Randomized Study of Long-term (15-17 Years) Outcome After Microfracture Versus Mosaicplasty in Knee Articular Cartilage Defects

• Published in: The American journal of sports medicine Vol. 46; no. 4; p. 826
• Main Authors: Solheim, Eirik, Hegna, Janne, Strand, Torbjørn, Harlem, Thomas, Inderhaug, Eivind
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cartilage Diseases - surgery; Cartilage, Articular - surgery; Female; Femur - surgery; Humans; Knee Injuries - surgery; Knee Joint - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Transplantation, Autologous; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; microfracture; knee; arthroscopy; articular cartilage defects; mosaicplasty

Few comparative randomized long-term studies on microfracture versus mosaicplasty have been published, and only 2 studies reported a follow-up of 10 years. Hypothesis/Purpose: The purpose was to compare the clinical outcome of microfracture versus mosaicplasty/osteochondral autograft transfer in sym...