The microfracture technique for the treatment of articular cartilage lesions in the knee. A prospective cohort study.

By Kai Mithoefer, Riley J. Williams, R. Warren, H. Potter, Christopher R. Spock, Edward C. Jones, T. Wickiewicz, R. Marx. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume, 2005

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Subfields: Rheumatology, Surgery

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1. Kai Mithoefer
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• Clinical Efficacy of the Microfracture Technique for Articular Cartilage Repair in the Knee (2009, background): “Complete cartilage fill was reported between 18% and 95%, while poor fill was observed in 17% to 57% of the imaging studies (Table 4).(1,6,17,36,40) There was no statistical correlation between fill grade on MRI and methodological quality of the study (r = .”