Musculoskeletal Key

Stage I Small, subchondral compression of the bone Stage II Partial detachment of the fragment from the chondral surface Stage III Complete fragment detachment with no displacement Stage IV Total…

Fig. 5.1 Main locations of osteochondral ankle defects Fig. 5.2 Shear mechanism of injury in lateral osteochondral ankle defects 5.4 Clinical Appearance A differentiation has to be made between acute…

Fig. 6.1 Reticular bone bruising, distant from the articular surface. Top arrow indicates bruising of the distal tibia and the lower red arrow indicates bruising of the talus Mechanical malalignment…

Fig. 3.1 Sagittal and transversal MRI scan of an osteochondral lesions of the talar dome: MRI is useful to confirm the diagnosis OLT may evolve to osteoarthritis as chondral tissue…

Fig. 7.1 Arthroscopic view of cartilage lesion with palpable defect Fig. 7.2 Articular bone bed after curettage of cartilage injury Fig. 7.3 After performing microfractures with bleeding bone bed Fig….

Fig. 1.1 MRI ankle evaluation (sagittal plane, proton density with fat saturation on the left and fast spin-echo T1-weighted on the right) of an 11-year-old boy showed osteochondral lesions on…

Fig. 8.1 Images of a left talus with a medial OCD that is treated by internal fixation. (a) The medial OCD is exposed after a medial malleolar osteotomy. (b) The…