Microfracture for knee chondral defects: a survey of surgical practice among Canadian orthopedic surgeons.

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy : Official Journal of the ESSKA
John TheodoropoulosPankaj Sharma

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the practice of microfracture surgery for knee chondral defects among Canadian orthopedic surgeons. All orthopedic surgeon members of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association were invited to participate in a survey, designed to explore the microfracture technique used by orthopedic surgeons in the treatment for knee chondral defects The primary outcome measure was an emailed 26-item questionnaire, which explored indications for microfracture surgery, surgical techniques, types of postoperative rehabilitation regimes used and assessment of outcome. In addition, responses were compared between orthopedic surgeons with a sports medicine practice to surgeons with a non-sports medicine practice. The survey response rate was 24.6% (299/1,216), with 131 regularly performing microfracture. 41% of surgeons indicated that they had no upper limit for age at the time of surgery, and 87% indicated no upper limit for body mass index. The majority of respondents (97%) resected cartilage back to a stable margin, while 69% of respondents removed the calcified cartilage layer prior to creating holes. Only 11% of respondents used continuous passive motion (CPM) postoperatively, and 39% did not restrict weight...Continue Reading

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