Publications by authors named "Stephen T Mathew"
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- The study aimed to assess whether using bone stimulation after surgery would enhance healing in pediatric patients with stable osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the knee.
- It was a matched case-control study at a pediatric hospital, comparing two groups: those who received postoperative bone stimulation and those who did not, with outcomes measured via MRI after three months.
- The results showed no significant difference in healing rates between the two groups, indicating that bone stimulation did not provide additional benefits in the healing process.
Background: Current advanced imaging classification systems for osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the knee grade severity of disease by identifying certain lesion characteristics. The most widely used are the Hefti and Nelson systems. A novel classification presents a simpler 3-group approach to diagnose knee OCD by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), compared with the Hefti (5-group) and Nelson (4-group) classifications.
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