Journal article
Patellofemoral and tibiofemoral articular cartilage and subchondral bone health following arthroscopic partial medial meniscectomy
Y Wang, AR Dempsey, DG Lloyd, PM Mills, T Wrigley, KL Bennell, B Metcalf, F Hanna, FM Cicuttini
Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | Published : 2012
Abstract
Purpose: To examine articular cartilage and subchondral bone changes in tibiofemoral and patellofemoral joints following partial medial meniscectomy. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, 158 patients aged 30-55 years, without evidence of knee osteoarthritis at arthroscopic partial medial meniscectomy (APMM), and 38 controls were recruited. MRI was performed once on the operated knee for each subcohort of 3 months, 2 or 4 years post-surgery, and the randomly assigned knee of the controls. Cartilage volume, cartilage defects, and bone size were assessed using validated methods. Results: Compared with controls, APMM patients had more prevalent cartilage defects in medial tibiofemoral (OR = ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was funded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council, Western Australian Medical Health and Research Infrastructure Fund. Dr Wang and Dr Hanna are the recipients of NHMRC Public Health (Australia) Fellowships (NHMRC 465142 and 418916, respectively). We thank the following surgeons for recruitment: Mr Keith Holt, Mr Greg Witherow, Mr Greg Janes, Mr Peter Annear, Mr Hari Goonatillake, Mr Dermot Collopy, Mr David Colvin, Mr Peter Campbell, Mr Hayden Morris, Mr Andrew Shimmin, Mr Jim Keillerup, Mr Julian Feller and Mr Adrian Trivett. We thank Dr Stephen Davis, Simone Mattfield, Iryna Bushwood and Vi Thuy for radiology.