2021 AOSSM-AANA Combined Annual Meeting Recordings-Trans-articular versus Retro-articular Drilling of Stable Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by the ROCK Multicenter Study Group

Trans-articular versus Retro-articular Drilling of Stable Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by the ROCK Multicenter Study Group

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Video Summary

This video transcript is a summary of a study on the drilling techniques used in the surgical management of stable osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the medial femoral condyle. The study compared transarticular drilling to retroarticular drilling and analyzed patient reported outcomes, radiographic healing, time to return to sports, and complications. The results showed that both techniques had significant improvement in patient reported outcomes and similar rates of healing, but transarticular drilling had shorter tourniquet time, better bony healing at six and 12 months, and earlier return to sports. The study concludes that both techniques are safe and effective, but long-term follow-up studies are needed. The video credits Aworth as the primary author and mentions the late Alan Anderson and Lucas Murnahan. The study was funded by the AOSSM Young Investigator Grant to Ben Hayworth and published by Eric Edmonds and Kevin Shea.

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Benton Heyworth, MD

Keywords

drilling techniques

surgical management

osteochondritis dissecans

transarticular drilling

retroarticular drilling