George C Balazs1, Dean Wang2, Alissa J Burge3, Riley J Williams4. 1. Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, 620 John Paul Jones Cir, Porsmouth, 23708, VA, USA. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, USA. 3. Department of Radiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York-NY, USA. 4. Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine the clinical significance of fluid imbibition at the bone-cartilage interface seen on postoperative MRI scans after osteochondral grafting of chondral lesions of the knee. METHODS: Retrospective review of patients enrolled in a prospective cartilage repair registry. Included patients underwent osteochondral autografting or allografting of the knee, had minimum one year of clinical follow-up, and underwent at least two postoperative MRI scans. The primary outcome was reoperation for arthroscopic debridement and chondroplasty or graft revision. Secondary outcomes included the radiographic fate of fluid imbibition. RESULTS: A total of 48 knees in 46 patients were analyzed, with mean 39 months clinical follow-up. Nine patients (19%) had fluid imbibition on at least one postoperative MRI scan, all of whom received allograft. Of these, two (22%) required eventual graft revision, four (45%) underwent arthroscopic chondroplasty but did not require revision, and three (33%) did not require any additional surgery by final follow-up. No demographic or surgical variable was associated with the presence of fluid imbibition. Fluid imbibition was significantly associated with need for chondroplasty (p = 0.05), but not graft revision. CONCLUSIONS: Fluid imbibition on postoperative MRI following osteochondral allografting of the knee is associated with the need for arthroscopic chondroplasty, but should not be interpreted as a sign of a failing graft. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, Case Series.
PURPOSE: To determine the clinical significance of fluid imbibition at the bone-cartilage interface seen on postoperative MRI scans after osteochondral grafting of chondral lesions of the knee. METHODS: Retrospective review of patients enrolled in a prospective cartilage repair registry. Included patients underwent osteochondral autografting or allografting of the knee, had minimum one year of clinical follow-up, and underwent at least two postoperative MRI scans. The primary outcome was reoperation for arthroscopic debridement and chondroplasty or graft revision. Secondary outcomes included the radiographic fate of fluid imbibition. RESULTS: A total of 48 knees in 46 patients were analyzed, with mean 39 months clinical follow-up. Nine patients (19%) had fluid imbibition on at least one postoperative MRI scan, all of whom received allograft. Of these, two (22%) required eventual graft revision, four (45%) underwent arthroscopic chondroplasty but did not require revision, and three (33%) did not require any additional surgery by final follow-up. No demographic or surgical variable was associated with the presence of fluid imbibition. Fluid imbibition was significantly associated with need for chondroplasty (p = 0.05), but not graft revision. CONCLUSIONS: Fluid imbibition on postoperative MRI following osteochondral allografting of the knee is associated with the need for arthroscopic chondroplasty, but should not be interpreted as a sign of a failing graft. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, Case Series.
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