TY - JOUR
T1 - Arthroscopic-assisted focal resurfacing of the knee with minimal bone resection
T2 - Surgical technique and preliminary clinical results
AU - Marcacci, Maurilio
AU - Bruni, Danilo
AU - Zaffagnini, Stefano
AU - Iacono, Francesco
AU - Presti, Mirco Lo
AU - Neri, Maria Pia
AU - Marcheggiani Muccioli, Giulio Maria
AU - Raspugli, Giovanni
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - The main purpose of this paper is to describe a new arthroscopic-assisted surgical technique for focal resurfacing of the medial tibiofemoral compartment. The secondary aim is to present the preliminary clinical and radiographic results in a case series of 13 consecutive patients at a mean follow-up of 29 months. All patients were treated with the presented surgical procedure between November 2006 and March 2007 for Ahlback grade 3 osteoarthritis restricted to the medial tibiofemoral compartment. Subjective evaluation was based on a visual analogue scale for self-assessment of joint pain. Objective clinical evaluation was based on the Hospital for Special Surgery score. Range of motion was evaluated with a manual goniometer. Radiographic evaluation compared hip-knee-ankle angle preoperatively and postoperatively. The presented technique has shown good clinical and functional results. The Hospital for Special Surgery score and visual analogue scale showed a significant improvement (P
AB - The main purpose of this paper is to describe a new arthroscopic-assisted surgical technique for focal resurfacing of the medial tibiofemoral compartment. The secondary aim is to present the preliminary clinical and radiographic results in a case series of 13 consecutive patients at a mean follow-up of 29 months. All patients were treated with the presented surgical procedure between November 2006 and March 2007 for Ahlback grade 3 osteoarthritis restricted to the medial tibiofemoral compartment. Subjective evaluation was based on a visual analogue scale for self-assessment of joint pain. Objective clinical evaluation was based on the Hospital for Special Surgery score. Range of motion was evaluated with a manual goniometer. Radiographic evaluation compared hip-knee-ankle angle preoperatively and postoperatively. The presented technique has shown good clinical and functional results. The Hospital for Special Surgery score and visual analogue scale showed a significant improvement (P
KW - arthroscopic assisted
KW - focal resurfacing
KW - minimally invasive surgery
KW - tissue-sparing surgery
KW - unicompartmental knee replacement
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U2 - 10.1097/BTK.0b013e31820cfcf4
DO - 10.1097/BTK.0b013e31820cfcf4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958240880
VL - 10
SP - 116
EP - 125
JO - Techniques in Knee Surgery
JF - Techniques in Knee Surgery
SN - 1536-0636
IS - 2
ER -