Results of drilling osteochondritis dissecans before skeletal maturity
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Results of drilling osteochondritis dissecans before skeletal maturity.
We report the arthroscopic drilling of classical lesions of osteochondritis dissecans in 11 knees in 10 children with at least six months history and no sign of clinical or radiological improvement. There were eight boys and two girls and the average age at operation was 12 years 11 months. Relief of pain was noticed within days of operation; radiological healing occurred within 12 months in ni...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.71b4.2768313