Diego Costa Astur1, Adilio Bernardes2, Saulo Castro2, Gustavo Gonçalves Arliani3, Camila Cohen Kaleka2, Nelson Astur4, Moisés Cohen5. 1. Centro de Traumatologia do Esporte, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina/UNIFESP, Rua Borges Lagoa 783, 5º andar, São Paulo, Brazil. mcastur@yahoo.com. 2. Instituto Cohen, São Paulo, Brazil. 3. Centro de Traumatologia do Esporte, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina/UNIFESP, Rua Borges Lagoa 783, 5º andar, São Paulo, Brazil. 4. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 5. Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina/UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to assess clinical evaluation of patients who underwent autologous osteochondral transplantation of the patella. METHODS: This prospective study assessed outcomes of 20 patients who underwent patellar autologous osteochondral transplantation at four time-points: preoperatively, 3 days, 6 months, and 2 years after surgery. The following outcomes were assessed at each time-point: pain (VAS), gait, swelling, trophic status, muscle strength, patellar mobility, and range of motion. The Tegner scale was also applied for each time-point. RESULTS: All parameters improved, except for patellar mobility, which did not show any change. Pain score decreased from 7.1 (SD 2.3) to 2.4 (SD 2.6) at the 2-year assessment; limping decreased from 70 % before surgery to 15 % 2 years later; swelling scores decreased from an average of 1.8 (SD 0.8) 3 days after surgery to 0.5 (SD 0.7) at the 2-year assessment; muscle strength increased from 3.9 (SD 0.8) to 4.7 (SD 0.7) points at final follow-up; and the range of motion increased from 84 (SD 16.2) to 132 (SD 10.7) degrees 2 years later. Tegner score before surgery ranged from 0 to 5, and after 2 years, it ranged from 5 to 9. CONCLUSION: Autologous osteochondral transplantation for the treatment of patellar chondral lesion was associated with significant improvement in pain, gait, swelling, and range of motion 2 years after surgery, achieving scores similar to uninjured knees. Most of them were able to return to sports activity after 6 months (recreational level) and 2 years (competitive level). LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to assess clinical evaluation of patients who underwent autologous osteochondral transplantation of the patella. METHODS: This prospective study assessed outcomes of 20 patients who underwent patellar autologous osteochondral transplantation at four time-points: preoperatively, 3 days, 6 months, and 2 years after surgery. The following outcomes were assessed at each time-point: pain (VAS), gait, swelling, trophic status, muscle strength, patellar mobility, and range of motion. The Tegner scale was also applied for each time-point. RESULTS: All parameters improved, except for patellar mobility, which did not show any change. Pain score decreased from 7.1 (SD 2.3) to 2.4 (SD 2.6) at the 2-year assessment; limping decreased from 70 % before surgery to 15 % 2 years later; swelling scores decreased from an average of 1.8 (SD 0.8) 3 days after surgery to 0.5 (SD 0.7) at the 2-year assessment; muscle strength increased from 3.9 (SD 0.8) to 4.7 (SD 0.7) points at final follow-up; and the range of motion increased from 84 (SD 16.2) to 132 (SD 10.7) degrees 2 years later. Tegner score before surgery ranged from 0 to 5, and after 2 years, it ranged from 5 to 9. CONCLUSION: Autologous osteochondral transplantation for the treatment of patellar chondral lesion was associated with significant improvement in pain, gait, swelling, and range of motion 2 years after surgery, achieving scores similar to uninjured knees. Most of them were able to return to sports activity after 6 months (recreational level) and 2 years (competitive level). LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
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