Microfracture Technique for Talar Articular Cartilage Lesions With or Without Lateral Ligament Repairment

Microfracture Technique for the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Lesions of the Talus With or Without Lateral Ligament Repairment

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03064399

Enrollment

Registered

2017-02-27

Start date

2017-02-28

Completion date

2020-02-28

Last updated

2017-02-27

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Conditions

Lateral Ligament Repair, Microfracture, Talar Cartilage Lesion

Brief summary

To study the clinical efficacy of microfracture combined with lateral ligament repairment for cartilage lesions of talus through the comparison between microfracture with and without lateral ligament repairment.

Interventions

PROCEDUREwithout lateral ligament repairment

microfracture without repairment of the lateral ligament

PROCEDURElateral ligament repairment

microfracture combined with repairment of the lateral ligament

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Full - thickness cartilage injury

Exclusion criteria

Age: \> 40 years old or \< 18 years old; BMI \> 30; lesion \> 4 cm2

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Function score	One year after surgery	AOFAS ankle function score

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Imaging result	One year after surgery	Anatomical data from imaging results when bearing

Contacts

Primary ContactYunfeng Yang, Doctor

+86 13918588939

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026