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Osteochondritis dissecans of the knee: sonographically guided percutaneous drilling
Juan D Berná-Serna1, Francisco Martinez, Manuel Reus
1Department of Radiology, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain. jdberna@um.es
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to present a procedure for sonographically guided percutaneous drilling in the treatment of a case of osteochondritis dissecans (OD) of the knee.
Methods:
A 14-year-old boy had OD of the external femoral condyle. Conventional radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and sonography revealed the osteochondral lesion.
Results:
This study showed the utility of sonography both in the treatment of OD through percutaneous drilling and in follow-up.
Conclusions:
On the basis of the good results obtained in the case described here, it is thought that sonographically guided percutaneous drilling may be a good alternative to arthroscopic drilling in cases of early OD lesions without displacement of the fragment.
