Prognostic factors and their part in the choice of tactics for treating cartilage injuries of the knee joint
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https://doi.org/10.15674/0030-59872010328-30Keywords:
knee joint, cartilage defect, microfracture, prognostic factorsAbstract
Injuries of the knee joint are very often accompanied by defects of the articular cartilage, but the factors, which can influence the treatment results, are not taken into consideration. With help of the technique of microfractures of the cartilage defect floor, injuries of the knee joint cartilage were treated. The obtained results were statistically processed in order to study the effects of such factors as the size and localization of the injuries and the patients’ age. The statistical processing used regression analysis. This research demonstrates a significant influence of such factors as the patient’s age, the size and localization of the cartilage injury on the clinical results of the treatment during 3 postoperative years. The published results provide a basis for a more detailed assessment of the treatment prognosis and can be useful for developing individual strategies in the treatment of localized injuries of the knee joint cartilage.
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