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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Indications and surgical procedure

From: Retrograde drilling for ankle joint osteochondral lesions: a systematic review

Author, year, reference

Indications

Classification and grades

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Adjuvant

Kono, 2006 [27]

 

Pritsch 0: 2; I: 9

Nelson I

Fluoroscopic

 

Kerimaa, 2014 [6]

 

Berndt and Hardy I and II

MRI

 

Schwartz, 2021 [12]

Intact cartilage cap

 

Fluoroscopic

 

Rosenberger, 2006 [13]

Berndt and Harty stages I–III

 

Computer assisted + fluoroscopic

 

Pritsch, 1986 [14]

Intact cartilage cap

Berndt and Hardy II: 1; III: 3; IV: 2

  

Beck, 2016 [28]

At least 100 mm2

Bristol grade II and partially detached grades III and V

Bristol II: 3; III: 2; V: 2

Pritsch II: 5; II and III: 2

Microvector

PRO-DENSE®

Yasui, 2014 [15]

 

Nelson I: 16

Pritsch I: 16

Fluoroscopic

 

Takao, 2010 [29]

  

Fluoroscopic

Cancellous bone plug

Ikuta, 2020 [16]

Intact cartilage cap

ICRS 0: 3; I: 5

Anderson II: 3; III: 5

  

Anders, 2012 [17]

Intact cartilage cap

Berndt and Hardy stages I–III

Pritsch I: 12; II: 22; III: 7

Fluoroscopic

Autologous cancellous bone graft

Masquijo, 2016 [18]

Intact cartilage cap

Berndt and Harty stages I–II

Berndt and Harty I: 5; II: 1

Fluoroscopic

 

Saxena, 2022 [7]

 < 125 mm3

Intact cartilage cap

 

Fluoroscopic

Autogenous bone grafting with PRP

Flick, 1985 [19]

Intact cartilage cap

Berndt and Harty II and III: 12; IV: 7

Fluoroscopic

 

Angermann, 1989 [20]

Intact cartilage cap

 

Fluoroscopic

 

Taranow, 1999 [21]

Intact cartilage cap

Berndt and Harty IIA: 6; IIB: 2; III: 3; IV: 6

Fluoroscopic

Calcaneal bone graft

Kelbérine, 1999 [22]

Intact cartilage cap

   

Bale, 2001 [23]

Intact cartilage cap

Berndt and Harty II: 1; III: 2; IV: 1

Computer assisted + fluoroscopic

 

Hyer, 2008 [24]

Intact cartilage cap

 

Fluoroscopic

Grafton gel

Geerling, 2009 [25]

Intact cartilage cap

Berndt and Harty stages I and II

Hepple I: 3; IIa: 10; IIb: 4; V: 3

Computer assisted

 

Minokawa, 2020 [26]

Intact cartilage cap

Pritsch II: 7; III: 1

Fluoroscopic

 

Faldini, 2022 [8]

Intact cartilage cap

Wide osteochondral defects

 

Fluoroscopic

Hyaluronan scaffold with autologous bone marrow aspirate concentrate and bone graft

  1. The number after the colon in the “Classification and grades” column represents the patients number
  2. *PRP platelet-rich plasma