Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6209596 | The Journal of Arthroplasty | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
There is no consensus with respect to the best procedures to preserve the knee joint in patients with osteonecrosis of the knee. We performed a systematic review of the literature between 1999 and 2012. Only 10 of 1057 studies met our inclusion criteria. Core decompression prevented additional surgical treatment in pre-collapse knees with a failure rate of 10.4% (7 of 67 knees). Autogenous and osteochondral grafts decreased the need for additional surgery in both pre-collapse (0%, 20 of 20) and post-collapse knees (10.5%, 8 of 76 knees). Although these results are quite promising multi-center randomized trials are needed to identify the optimal procedures to treat this disease.
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Authors
Jay R. MD, Arya G. MD, Gregory G. MD,