February 26, 2024International Journal of Research in OrthopaedicsOpen Access

Assessment of clinical, functional and radiological outcomes in young patients with grade 3 and 4 osteoarthritis of the knee joint undergoing knee joint distraction with and without arthroscopic debridement and chondroplasty-a prospective, comparative and randomized controlled study

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DGDinesh GuptaInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology RGRohit N. GargUniversity of Southern California AAAmey Ashok AdateCooper Hospital

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Randomized trial demonstrates improved functional outcomes from adding arthroscopy to knee joint distraction in young patients, indicating joint preservation benefits.

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Knee joint distraction combined with arthroscopic debridement and chondroplasty significantly improves clinical and functional scores over distraction alone.
Both surgical cohorts achieved significant gains in joint space width at 24 months, though neither intervention showed superior radiological widening.
Randomized trial protocols allocated 160 patients aged under 55 years with grade 3 to 4 knee osteoarthritis into two equal surgical treatment groups.

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Gupta et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e779ebb6db6435876eec43 https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2455-4510.intjresorthop20240409

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Randomized trial demonstrates improved functional outcomes from adding arthroscopy to knee joint distraction in young patients, indicating joint preservation benefits.

Assessment of clinical, functional and radiological outcomes in young patients with grade 3 and 4 osteoarthritis of the knee joint undergoing knee joint distraction with and without arthroscopic debridement and chondroplasty-a prospective, comparative and randomized controlled study

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Assessment of clinical, functional and radiological outcomes in young patients with grade 3 and 4 osteoarthritis of the knee joint undergoing knee joint distraction with and without arthroscopic debridement and chondroplasty-a prospective, comparative and randomized controlled study

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