No influence of patient age on operative treatment outcome of osteochondral lesions of the talus: data from the German Cartilage Registry (GCR, KnorpelRegister DGOU).

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · 2025 · PMC11787207 · PMID 39891725

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Interestingly, we found a marginally significant higher improvement ΔFAOS from preoperative to postoperative FAOS total score 24 months after BMS in patients ≥ 40 years compared to the younger group (12.0 ± 18.6 vs. 26.6 ± 23.9, p = 0.043).

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