Long-Term Patient Outcomes for Treatment of Difficult Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus with Particulated Juvenile Allograft Cartilage Implantation ± Calcaneal Autograft: A Cohort Study
Manzi J, Manchanda K, Nasra M, Sudah S, Coladonato C, Quan T, Wishman M, Moran J, Murray D, Chapman C. Long-Term Patient Outcomes for Treatment of Difficult Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus with Particulated Juvenile Allograft Cartilage Implantation ± Calcaneal Autograft: A Cohort Study. European Journal Of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology 2023, 34: 561-568. PMID: 37650974, DOI: 10.1007/s00590-023-03642-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJuvenile allograft cartilage implantationCalcaneal bone graftJuvenile allograft cartilageLarger lesion sizeLesion sizeCalcaneal autograftCohort studyCartilage implantationBone graftAllograft cartilageLong-term patient outcomesBone graft patientsFAAM Sports scoreFAAM-ADL scoresPost-operative PROMsRetrospective cohort studyFunctional outcome scoresSF-36 PCSLong-term patientsBone graft useLevel of evidenceIIIBone graft implantationConclusionWhile patientsFinal followGraft patients