Background: Patellar chondral defects represent up to 34.6% of defects found during routine arthroscopy. Surgical management has evolved during the past 20 years in an effort to develop techniques to replace hyaline ...

Background: Patellar cartilage defects account for 34.6% of defects found during routine arthroscopy. These defects pose a challenge in orthopaedic surgery because they have been associated with worse outcomes after surgical ...

Purpose: To compare the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of patients undergoing knee arthroscopy for chondral lesions. The hypothesis was that MRI displays low sensitivity in the diagnosis and classification of ...

Purpose: to evaluate the outcome of the treatment of chondral lesion grade II and III of patellar cartilage with intra-articular use of hyaluronic acid after six months. The primary end point is assessing pain (VAS), ...

An observational, clinical, prospective, uncontrolled cross with a universe of 28 football players or amateur occasional 15 to 35 years of age with clinical and radiological diagnosis of hyper Patellar syndrome that persisted ...

The difficulty to repair chondral lesions due to low mitotic activity, absence of vessels and blood supply, nerves and lack of support by the immobility of articular chondrocytes is a challenge for the orthopedist. ...

OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this study was to assess the clinical and functional evolution of patients with total-thickness symptomatic cartilaginous injury of the patellar joint surface, treated by means of osteochondral ...