Yoshiharu Shimozono1,2,3, Alexandra J Brown1, Jorge P Batista4, Christopher D Murawski5, Mohamed Gomaa6, Siu Wah Kong7, Tanawat Vaseenon8, Masato Takao9, Mark Glazebrook10. 1. 1 Foot and Ankle Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA. 2. 2 Teikyo University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo, Japan. 3. 3 Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto, Japan. 4. 4 Centro Artroscópico Jorge Batista, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 5. 5 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 6. 6 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Cairo University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt. 7. 7 Asia Medical Specialists, Hong Kong. 8. 8 Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 9. 9 Clinical and Research Institute for Foot and Ankle Surgery, Chiba, Japan. 10. 10 Dalhousie University & Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The evidence supporting best practice guidelines in the field of cartilage repair of the ankle are based on both low quality and low levels of evidence. Therefore, an international consensus group of experts was convened to collaboratively advance toward consensus opinions based on the best available evidence on key topics within cartilage repair of the ankle. The purpose of this article is to report the consensus statements on "Subchondral Pathology" developed at the 2017 International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle. METHODS: Seventy-five international experts in cartilage repair of the ankle representing 25 countries and 1 territory were convened and participated in a process based on the Delphi method of achieving consensus. Questions and statements were drafted within 11 working groups focusing on specific topics within cartilage repair of the ankle, after which a comprehensive literature review was performed and the available evidence for each statement was graded. Discussion and debate occurred in cases where statements were not agreed upon in unanimous fashion within the working groups. A final vote was then held, and the strength of consensus was characterized as follows: consensus, 51% to 74%; strong consensus, 75% to 99%; unanimous, 100%. RESULTS: A total of 9 statements on subchondral pathology reached consensus during the 2017 International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle. No statements achieved unanimous support, but all statements reached strong consensus (greater than 75% agreement). All statements reached at least 81% agreement. CONCLUSIONS: This international consensus statements regarding subchondral pathology of the talus derived from leaders in the field will assist clinicians in the assessment and management of this difficult pathology.
BACKGROUND: The evidence supporting best practice guidelines in the field of cartilage repair of the ankle are based on both low quality and low levels of evidence. Therefore, an international consensus group of experts was convened to collaboratively advance toward consensus opinions based on the best available evidence on key topics within cartilage repair of the ankle. The purpose of this article is to report the consensus statements on "Subchondral Pathology" developed at the 2017 International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle. METHODS: Seventy-five international experts in cartilage repair of the ankle representing 25 countries and 1 territory were convened and participated in a process based on the Delphi method of achieving consensus. Questions and statements were drafted within 11 working groups focusing on specific topics within cartilage repair of the ankle, after which a comprehensive literature review was performed and the available evidence for each statement was graded. Discussion and debate occurred in cases where statements were not agreed upon in unanimous fashion within the working groups. A final vote was then held, and the strength of consensus was characterized as follows: consensus, 51% to 74%; strong consensus, 75% to 99%; unanimous, 100%. RESULTS: A total of 9 statements on subchondral pathology reached consensus during the 2017 International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle. No statements achieved unanimous support, but all statements reached strong consensus (greater than 75% agreement). All statements reached at least 81% agreement. CONCLUSIONS: This international consensus statements regarding subchondral pathology of the talus derived from leaders in the field will assist clinicians in the assessment and management of this difficult pathology.
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bone grafting; bone marrow edema; bone transplantation; cartilage repair; retrograde drilling; subchondral bone
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