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Follow-Up Study Evaluating The Long Term Outcome Of Chondromimetic In The Treatment Of Osteochondral Defects In The Knee, Agnes Berta, Matthew S. Shive, Andrew K. Lynn, Alan Getgood, Saara Totterman, Grahame Busby, Jerome Hollenstein, Gábor Vásárhelyi, Imre Kéki, László Hangody
Follow-Up Study Evaluating The Long Term Outcome Of Chondromimetic In The Treatment Of Osteochondral Defects In The Knee, Agnes Berta, Matthew S. Shive, Andrew K. Lynn, Alan Getgood, Saara Totterman, Grahame Busby, Jerome Hollenstein, Gábor Vásárhelyi, Imre Kéki, László Hangody
Bone and Joint Institute
© 2020 by the authors. Scaffolds are thought to be a key element needed for successful cartilage repair treatments, and this prospective extension study aimed to evaluate long-term structural and clinical outcomes following osteochondral defect treatment with a cell-free biphasic scaffold. Structural outcomes were assessed using quantitative 3-D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and morphological segmentation to determine the percentage of defect filling and repair cartilage T2 relaxation times, and clinical outcomes were determined with the modified Cincinnati Rating System, and the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS). Seventeen subjects with osteochondral defects in the knee were treated with ChondroMimetic …