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01.07.2012 | Case Report
Osteochondral autograft for medial femoral condyle chondral lesions in a patient with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia: long-term result
verfasst von:
Shuji Taketomi, Hisatada Hiraoka, Takumi Nakagawa, Yoshinari Miyamoto, So Kuribayashi, Akira Fukuda, Hideki Takeda, Atsushi Fukai, Jinso Hirota, Kohei Nakajima, Nobuhiko Haga, Kozo Nakamura
Erschienen in:
Journal of Orthopaedic Science
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Ausgabe 4/2012
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Excerpt
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED) is a form of osteochondrodysplasia characterized by abnormal epiphyseal growth and assumed to be a clinical condition of extracellular matrix abnormality [
1]. Osteoarthritis and chondral lesions, for example osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), are among the clinical expressions of MED [
2,
3]. It is possible for osteoarthritic changes of the knee to develop easily even in young patients with MED [
4]. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and correction osteotomy have been performed for severe deformity and destruction of the knee in MED patient [
4,
5]. …