TY - JOUR
T1 - The Influence of Physeal Status on Rate of Reoperation After Arthroscopic Screw Fixation for Symptomatic Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee
AU - Wang, Kevin
AU - Waterman, Brian
AU - Dean, Robert
AU - Redondo, Michael
AU - Cotter, Eric
AU - Manning, Blaine
AU - Yanke, Adam
AU - Cole, Brian
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: B.W. receives research support from Arthrex; is a paid presenter or speaker for Genzyme; and receives publishing royalties and financial or material support from the Arthroscopy editorial or governing board. A.Y. receives research support from Arthrex and Organogenesis and is a paid consultant for JRF Ortho. B.C. receives research support and IP royalties from and is a paid consultant for Arthrex; is a paid consultant for and receives other financial or material support from JRF Ortho; receives stock or stock options from Ossio; receives research support from Aesculap/B. Braun; is a board or committee member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America; receives other financial or material support from Athletico and Smith & Nephew; receives IP royalties from Elsevier Publishing; receives publishing royalties and financial or material support from Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine; and is a paid consultant for and receives research support and stock or stock options from Regentis. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.
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PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Purpose: To determine if physeal status or other preoperative or intraoperative variables influence the failure rate after arthroscopic reduction and internal fixation of osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesions in the knee. Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing screw fixation of osteochondral fragments from OCD by a single surgeon from 2005 to 2015 with a minimum 2-year follow-up were included. Demographic, preoperative imaging, and intraoperative data were analyzed to determine risk factors associated with failure, which was defined as the need for a revision reoperation or arthroplasty after initial OCD fixation. Results: A total of 45 knees met the inclusion criteria, including 26 skeletally mature patients and 19 patients with incompletely closed physes on preoperative imaging. The mean ages of the skeletally mature and immature groups were 18.3 ± 2.5 years and 14.9 ± 2.2 years, respectively (P < .001), and the mean body mass index values were 24.3 ± 3.6 and 23.2 ± 4.0, respectively (P = .432). We excluded 10 patients from the survivorship analysis because they had less than 2 years’ follow-up. No statistically significant difference in failure rates was found between skeletally mature and immature individuals (30% and 40%, respectively; P = .721). The only factor significantly associated with fixation failure was undergoing a prior surgical procedure to address the OCD lesion (P = .038). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed rates of overall survivorship from revision reoperations of 88.6% at 1 year and 68.8% at 5 years. Conclusions: Outcomes after internal fixation of OCD fragments are guarded, with a fragment survival rate of 65.7% at a mean of 4.1 years’ follow-up. No difference in fragment survival was noted in skeletally mature versus immature patients. The only independent risk factor identified for fixation failure was the number of previous operations. Level of Evidence: Level IV, case series with subgroup analysis.
AB - Purpose: To determine if physeal status or other preoperative or intraoperative variables influence the failure rate after arthroscopic reduction and internal fixation of osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesions in the knee. Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing screw fixation of osteochondral fragments from OCD by a single surgeon from 2005 to 2015 with a minimum 2-year follow-up were included. Demographic, preoperative imaging, and intraoperative data were analyzed to determine risk factors associated with failure, which was defined as the need for a revision reoperation or arthroplasty after initial OCD fixation. Results: A total of 45 knees met the inclusion criteria, including 26 skeletally mature patients and 19 patients with incompletely closed physes on preoperative imaging. The mean ages of the skeletally mature and immature groups were 18.3 ± 2.5 years and 14.9 ± 2.2 years, respectively (P < .001), and the mean body mass index values were 24.3 ± 3.6 and 23.2 ± 4.0, respectively (P = .432). We excluded 10 patients from the survivorship analysis because they had less than 2 years’ follow-up. No statistically significant difference in failure rates was found between skeletally mature and immature individuals (30% and 40%, respectively; P = .721). The only factor significantly associated with fixation failure was undergoing a prior surgical procedure to address the OCD lesion (P = .038). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed rates of overall survivorship from revision reoperations of 88.6% at 1 year and 68.8% at 5 years. Conclusions: Outcomes after internal fixation of OCD fragments are guarded, with a fragment survival rate of 65.7% at a mean of 4.1 years’ follow-up. No difference in fragment survival was noted in skeletally mature versus immature patients. The only independent risk factor identified for fixation failure was the number of previous operations. Level of Evidence: Level IV, case series with subgroup analysis.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arthro.2019.08.050
DO - 10.1016/j.arthro.2019.08.050
M3 - Article
C2 - 31870748
AN - SCOPUS:85076845338
SN - 0749-8063
VL - 36
SP - 785
EP - 794
JO - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
JF - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
IS - 3
ER -