Yoshiharu Shimozono1, Youichi Yasui2, Eoghan T Hurley3, Rebecca A Paugh4, Timothy W Deyer5, John G Kennedy6. 1. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, U.S.A.; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 3. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, U.S.A.; Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. 4. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, U.S.A. 5. East River Medical Imaging, New York, New York, U.S.A. 6. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, U.S.A.. Electronic address: KennedyJ@hss.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To clarify if the use of concentrated bone marrow aspirate (CBMA) would affect both postoperative functional outcomes and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes compared with those of autologous osteochondral transplantation (AOT) alone; in addition, to assess the efficacy of CBMA reducing the presence of postoperative cyst formation following AOT in the treatment of osteochondral lesions of the talus. METHODS: Fifty-four (92%) of 59 eligible patients who underwent AOT between 2004 and 2008 were retrospectively assessed at a minimum of 5-year follow-up. Twenty-eight patients were treated with AOT and CBMA (AOT/CBMA group) and 26 patients were treated with AOT alone (AOT-alone group). Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the Foot and Ankle Outcome Scores (FAOS) and Short-Form 12 (SF-12) preoperatively and at final follow-up. Postoperative MRI was evaluated with the modified Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue (MOCART) scoring system. Cyst formation was also evaluated on postoperative MRI. RESULTS: The mean FAOS and SF-12 significantly improved in both the AOT/CBMA and AOT-alone groups, but there were no statistical differences between groups in FAOS (80.5 vs 75.5, P = .225) and SF-12 (71.1 vs 69.6, P = .756) at final follow-up. Additionally, there was no difference in the mean MOCART score (80.4 vs 84.3, P = .484); however, AOT/CBMA did result in a statistically lower rate of cyst formation (46.4% vs 76.9%, P = .022). No significant differences were found in the mean postoperative FAOS and SF-12 between patients with and without cysts postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: CBMA reduced postoperative cyst occurrence rate in patients treated with AOT; however, CBMA did not result in significant differences in medium term functional outcomes and MOCART score in patients who underwent AOT. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, retrospective comparative trial.
PURPOSE: To clarify if the use of concentrated bone marrow aspirate (CBMA) would affect both postoperative functional outcomes and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes compared with those of autologous osteochondral transplantation (AOT) alone; in addition, to assess the efficacy of CBMA reducing the presence of postoperative cyst formation following AOT in the treatment of osteochondral lesions of the talus. METHODS: Fifty-four (92%) of 59 eligible patients who underwent AOT between 2004 and 2008 were retrospectively assessed at a minimum of 5-year follow-up. Twenty-eight patients were treated with AOT and CBMA (AOT/CBMA group) and 26 patients were treated with AOT alone (AOT-alone group). Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the Foot and Ankle Outcome Scores (FAOS) and Short-Form 12 (SF-12) preoperatively and at final follow-up. Postoperative MRI was evaluated with the modified Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue (MOCART) scoring system. Cyst formation was also evaluated on postoperative MRI. RESULTS: The mean FAOS and SF-12 significantly improved in both the AOT/CBMA and AOT-alone groups, but there were no statistical differences between groups in FAOS (80.5 vs 75.5, P = .225) and SF-12 (71.1 vs 69.6, P = .756) at final follow-up. Additionally, there was no difference in the mean MOCART score (80.4 vs 84.3, P = .484); however, AOT/CBMA did result in a statistically lower rate of cyst formation (46.4% vs 76.9%, P = .022). No significant differences were found in the mean postoperative FAOS and SF-12 between patients with and without cysts postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS:CBMA reduced postoperative cyst occurrence rate in patients treated with AOT; however, CBMA did not result in significant differences in medium term functional outcomes and MOCART score in patients who underwent AOT. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, retrospective comparative trial.
Authors: Maryam Tamaddon; Gordon Blunn; Wei Xu; Maria Elena Alemán Domínguez; Mario Monzón; James Donaldson; John Skinner; Timothy R Arnett; Ling Wang; Chaozong Liu Journal: Bone Joint Res Date: 2021-10 Impact factor: 5.853