Outcomes of Restorative Treatment for Isolated Patellar Cartilage Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Jelle P van der List, Tarik Taoufik, David C Flanigan, Robert A Magnussen, Nicholas A Apseloff · 2026
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Jelle P. van der List and colleagues isolate the outcomes of restorative treatment for kneecap lesions in a 2026 review and meta-analysis. Cartilage damage on the patella causes disability, but reviews mixed it with damage to the groove it slides in, blurring the results. It admitted only studies of isolated lesions, with at least ten patients and a year of follow-up.
Thirty-six studies covering 1,058 patients, average age thirty-two and follow-up over five years, met the bar. Implantation was the commonest operation, then osteochondral autograft transfer, then a scaffold, AMIC. Failure risk ran lowest for the autograft at 1.7 percent, with the two near nine percent, though the autograft also treated the smallest lesions. Scores favored the autograft and scaffold on scales. When the analysis was restricted to lesions under three and a half square centimeters, failure rates equalized across three, a nuance they emphasize for planning.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jelle P van der List, Tarik Taoufik, David C Flanigan, Robert A Magnussen, Nicholas A Apseloff |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |