Publications by authors named "Luciano Patthauer"

Objectives: Injury to the lateral ligament complex of the ankle is one of the most common sports-related injury. Usually lateral ankle evolves with excellent clinical recovery with non surgical treatment, however, near about 30% develop a lateral chronic instability sequela. Several open and arthroscopic surgical techniques have been described to treat this medical condition.

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Background: Treatment of osteochondral lesions of the knee with synthetic scaffolds seems to offer a good surgical option preventing donor site morbidity. The TruFit® plug has frequently been shown to not properly incorporate into.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between MRI findings and functional scores of patients with osteochondral lesions of the knee treated with TruFit®.

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