Cartilage Quality (dGEMRIC Index) Following Knee Joint Distraction or High Tibial Osteotomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

High tibial osteotomy (HTO) and knee joint distraction (KJD) are treatments to unload the osteoarthritic (OA) joint with proven success in postponing a total knee arthroplasty (TKA). While both treatments demonstrate joint repair, there is limited information about the quality of the regenerated tissue. Therefore, the change in quality of the repaired cartilaginous tissue after KJD and HTO was studied using delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage (dGEMRIC).

Design

Forty patients (20 KJD and 20 HTO), treated for medial tibiofemoral OA, were included in this study. Radiographic outcomes, clinical characteristics, and cartilage quality were evaluated at baseline, and at 1- and 2-year follow-up.

Results

Two years after KJD treatment,

SUBMITTER: Besselink NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6918034 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature