Treatment of Focal Chondral Lesions in the Patellofemoral Joint with Collagen Membrane: Clinical and Functional Outcomes in a Two-Year Follow-Up
The AMIC technique is a safe, effective, and feasible method to treat symptomatic full-thickness chondral defects of the patellofemoral cartilage in properly-selected cases, and it resulted in clinical and functional improvement in all criteria under analysis.
Authors
- Pedro Debieux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0015-1223)
- Diego Costa Astur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9163-7979)
- Camila Cohen Kaleka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-5009)
- Moisés Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7671-8113)
- Wesley Araujo Weis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8506-2774)
- José Ricardo Dantas Moura Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3054-3899)
Institutions
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (BR)
- Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo (BR)
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0045-1809338
- Primary Topic
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00