Table 1 |
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Patients' characteristics |
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Characteristic |
Group 1 (Jaeger-Wirth score < 3) |
Group 2 (Jaeger-Wirth score = 3) |
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Sex |
13 female, 14 male |
5 female, 8 male |
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Age (years) |
34 (range 17–47) |
38 (range 25–64) |
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Height (cm) |
175 (range 160–189) |
174 (range 164–181) |
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Weight (kg) |
76.85 (range 54–100) |
76.25 (range 60–102) |
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Body mass index |
25 (range 19–34) |
25 (range 21–31) |
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Defect size, 1st lesion (cm2) |
4.2 (range 2–6) |
5 (range 2–15) |
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Cartilage grade, 1st lesion, Outerbridge |
IV (n = 27) |
IV (n = 13) |
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Localization, 1st lesion |
Medial femoral condyle (n = 19), lateral femoral condyle (n = 2), patella (n = 4), trochlea (n = 1), tibia (n = 1) |
Medial femoral condyle (n = 8), lateral femoral condyle (n = 1), patella (n = 2), trochlea (n = 2) |
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2nd lesion |
n = 6 |
n = 6 |
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Defect size, 2nd lesion (cm2) |
2.5 (range 1–4) |
3 (range 2–4) |
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Cartilage grade, 2nd lesion, Outerbridge |
IV (n = 6) |
II (n = 1), IV (n = 5) |
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Localization, 2nd lesion |
Patella (n = 4), trochlea (n = 2) |
Medial femoral condyle (n = 2), lateral femoral condyle (n = 1), trochlea (n = 3), |
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Previous surgical procedures |
High tibial osteotomy (n = 6), shaving (n = 15), abrasion arthroplasty (n = 4), microfracture/drilling (n = 8), ACI (n = 1), meniscectomy (n = 10), anterior cruciate ligament/collateral ligament reconstruction (n = 7), lateral release (n = 2) |
High tibial osteotomy (n = 2), shaving (n = 8), abrasion arthroplasty (n = 4), microfracture/drilling (n = 4), ACI (n = 2), meniscectomy (n = 10), anterior cruciate ligament/collateral ligament reconstruction (n = 6) |
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ACI, autologous chondrocyte implantation. |
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Ossendorf et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007 9:R41 doi:10.1186/ar2180 |
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