Nonoperative Treatment for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus Provides Clinical Improvement in the Minority of the Patients at Short-term Follow-up
Nonoperative treatment resulted in statistically significant improvements in pain during walking after 1 year, with clinically relevant improvement observed in 38% of patients. These findings suggest that nonoperative treatment held the potential for meaningfully improving symptoms in the minority of our patients, with no appreciable change in OLTT size. We think it should be considered as a preferred approach for the first line of treatment.
Authors
- Jason A.H. Steman
- Inger Nicoline Sierevelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0924-9358)
- Jari Dahmen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2227-3195)
- Sjoerd A.S. Stufkens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1287-1826)
- Tristan M. F. Buck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0398-5672)
- Quinten G.H. Rikken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8134-5419)
- Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs
Institutions
- Spaarne Ziekenhuis (NL)
- Academic Center for Evidence-Based Sports Medicine (NL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Spaarne Gasthuis (NL)
- Health & Safety in Sports (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Foot & Ankle International
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10711007251330881
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.16