Table 1 Chondral delamination characteristics from the literature
From: Chondral delamination of the knee and its management: a case report and review article
Author, year | Age | Main complain(s) | Treatment | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Unverferth, 1998 [10] | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Kendell, 2005 [3] | Ranging from 16 to 37 | Acute pain in the knee | Surgery | NR |
Pfirrmann, 2008 [1] | Ranging from 16 to 49 | NR | NR | NR |
Anderson, 2009 [2] | Ranging from 16 to 51 | Femoroacetabular impingement of the hips in 60 patients, perthes disease in 2 patients, multiple hereditary exostoses in 1 patient, and slipped capital femoral epiphysis in 1 patient | Surgery | NR |
Tzaveas, 2010 [14] | Ranging from 18 to 57 | Persistent hip pain for a mean period of 19 months | Surgery | Improvement in pain and function six months and one year after surgery without any complains |
Bardos, 2015 [9] | Ranging from 14 to 44 | Defects in the MFC lateral extension or central extension on weight-bearing surface and a lesion in the patella | Surgery | |
Kaya, 2015 [12] | NR | NR | Surgery | Full therapy was advanced when the patient was fully weight bearing and achieving a full range of motion |
Jonathan, 2016 [6] | 39 | Chronic pain in the knee for 3 years | Arthroscopy | Normal activities were resumed 2 weeks after surgery. The knee pain resolved after 7 months |
Bodelle, 2016 [13] | Mean of 44 (± 12) | Acute pain at the anterior aspect of the knee, joint effusion and a suspected chondral lesion defect in the patellofemoral joint | NR | NR |
Tahoun, 2017 [8] | Ranging from 18 to 50 | NR | Hip arthroscopic surgery | The mean HOS for daily live activities and the sports subscale improved. All patients had > 90% of the filling of the chondral defect |
Lands, 2017 [5] | 57 | Pain in the left hip | Surgery | Good alignment of the presence of an uncemented left total hip was found on post-surgical radiographs |
Bogunovic, 2019 [7] | NR | NR | Defects were made in the trochlea and MFC of 6 cadaver specimens with application of an allograft | Fibrin delamination and/or allograft displacement occurred within the first 15 min of examination in 82% of the specimens |
Theodorides, 2019 [4] | Mean of 26.6 (± 12.8) | Chronic pain in the knee | Arthroscopy, surgery and SmartNails were inserted | All patients had full recovery with improvement in symptoms |