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Osteochondral Ankle Injuries in Footballers

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Osteochondral lesions are frequent in sports like soccer. In the Mutualitat de Futbolistes which is the Catalan Soccer Delegation’s Health Insurance Company under the umbrella of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, we have been able to collect data on osteochondral lesions for over 20 years. There are several treatment options, and in this article, we describe arthroscopic debridement with the association of biologic therapies, such as the use of plasma rich in growth factors. The return-to-sport statistics are high, with more than 80 % excellent results in clinical scores, and we review the literature regarding osteochondral lesions.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Fundación García Cugat for Biomedical Research, Barcelona, Spain

    Ramon Cugat, Xavier Cusco, Roberto Seijas, Pedro Alvarez Diaz, Gilbert Steinbacher & Marta Rius

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Mutualidad de Futbolistas Españoles, Real Federación Española de Futbol, Barcelona, Spain

    Ramon Cugat, Pedro Alvarez Diaz, Gilbert Steinbacher & Marta Rius

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Instituto de Traumatología Hospital Quirón Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Ramon Cugat, Xavier Cusco, Roberto Seijas, Pedro Alvarez Diaz & Marta Rius

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Cugat, R., Cusco, X., Seijas, R., Diaz, P.A., Steinbacher, G., Rius, M. (2015). Osteochondral Ankle Injuries in Footballers. In: Canata, G., van Dijk, C. (eds) Cartilage Lesions of the Ankle. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46332-1_7

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