Knee osteotomy combined with meniscal allograft transplantation versus knee osteotomy alone in patients with unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis: a prospective double-blind randomised controlled trial protocol
Lorenzo Zanasi, Angelo Boffa, Luca De Marziani, Gina Lisignoli, Claudio Belvedere, Marco Miceli, Stefano Zaffagnini, Giuseppe Filardo, Alessandro Di Martino · 2024
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Lorenzo Zanasi and co-authors lay out a trial plan for worn knees that lack a key cushion. Their 2024 protocol covers knee arthritis in one compartment, caused by loss of the meniscus plus bowed leg alignment. Bone cutting surgery plus a donor meniscus has shown promise, but proof is thin.
The trial will assign 52 patients aged 20 to 60 by chance to one of two arms. One arm gets the bone cut plus the donor tissue, and the other gets the bone cut alone. Knee scores, pain scales, scans, and walking tests track patients for a year. The main score comes at 12 months. The design aims to show if the added tissue truly helps.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lorenzo Zanasi, Angelo Boffa, Luca De Marziani, Gina Lisignoli, Claudio Belvedere, Marco Miceli, Stefano Zaffagnini, Giuseppe Filardo, Alessandro Di Martino |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |