Möglichkeiten zur chirurgischen Therapie von Knorpeldefekten — Teil 1: Grundlagen der Korpelbiologie und der Heilung von Knorpeldefekten

Marlovits, S.; Vécsei, V.

doi:10.1007/bf02948156

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“…Moreover, the aetiology of the lesions and intensity of symptoms vary considerably from patient to patient. The success of any particular treatment is also influenced by a large number of post‐operative variables, including the type of rehabilitative treatment chosen and the different amounts of stress placed by each individual patient on the knee joint in question [5, 22, 23, 41]. All of these factors represent serious methodological challenges when designing multicentre studies, making it difficult to generalise results.…”

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“…In many Western industrialised nations, the prevalence of knee cartilage defects is on the rise [2, 14, 29]. This is due, in part, to demographic developments and the degenerative wear that accompanies old age, but also to an increase in competitive and recreational sports and related cartilage injuries, especially among younger individuals [22, 23, 39]. In particular, knee cartilage defects can lead to chronic pain, decreased knee function and progressive degeneration of the knee joint [9, 22, 23, 39].…”

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“…This is due, in part, to demographic developments and the degenerative wear that accompanies old age, but also to an increase in competitive and recreational sports and related cartilage injuries, especially among younger individuals [22, 23, 39]. In particular, knee cartilage defects can lead to chronic pain, decreased knee function and progressive degeneration of the knee joint [9, 22, 23, 39]. In addition, knee cartilage defects represent one of the key risk factors for osteoarthritis of the knee, which is among the diseases with the greatest impact on the economy and patients’ quality of life [7, 42].…”

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Follow-up costs up to 5 years after conventional treatments in patients with cartilage lesions of the knee

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Weiler

et al. 2006

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

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In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we contacted patients who had been diagnosed with (and, if necessary, treated for) knee cartilage defects by arthroscopy at one of seven treatment centres in Germany between 1997 and 2001. In early 2003, patients completed a questionnaire on the health care resources they had used since the time of the arthroscopy. Based on this information, we determined follow-up costs. Data from a total of 1,708 patients were included in the final analysis. Of these, 1,070 were assigned to the initial operation (IO) group (61% men, 49+/-15 years; 39% women, 52+/-14 years) and 638 were assigned to the re-operation (RO) group (64% men, 44+/-13 years; 36% women, 47+/-14 years). The cumulative direct medical costs caused by knee complaints for the first 5 years following the arthroscopy were 1,984 Euro for the IO population and 4,203 Euro for the RO population. The cumulative indirect costs (i.e. costs associated with loss of productivity), however, amounted to 7,669 Euro and 15,265 Euro, respectively, and were thus almost four times as high as the cumulative direct costs. This is the first study that quantifies the considerable follow-up costs in patients who have undergone surgery for knee cartilage defects. As such, it may provide a yardstick for future treatments.

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