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Lift, Drill, Fill, and Fix (LDFF): A New Arthroscopic Treatment for Talar Osteochondral Defects

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An osteochondral defect (OCD) to the talus is an injury of the talar articular cartilage and its subchondral bone. The injury can rigorously affect daily activities of patients leading to a deterioration of the quality of life. Despite substantial research having been conducted in the past number of decades, there is still no worldwide consensus on the optimal treatment protocol for primary and secondary symptomatic talar OCDs. In this chapter we present the historical perspective and we describe a novel arthroscopic internal fixation procedure for the treatment of talar OCDs, known as the “Lift, Drill, Fill, and Fix” (LDFF) technique.

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  1. Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jari Dahmen, J. Nienke Altink, Mikel L. Reilingh & Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs

  2. Academic Center for Evidence based Sports medicine (ACES), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jari Dahmen, J. Nienke Altink, Mikel L. Reilingh & Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs

  3. Amsterdam Collaboration for Health and Safety in Sports (ACHSS), International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Center Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jari Dahmen, J. Nienke Altink, Mikel L. Reilingh & Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs

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  1. Centre of Sports Traumatology Koelliker Hospital, Torino, Italy

    Gian Luigi Canata

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar

    Pieter d'Hooghe

  3. Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA

    Kenneth J. Hunt

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Zuidoost, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

    Gino M.M.J. Kerkhoffs

  5. Orthopaedics and Traumatology Unit, University Campus Bio medico, Rome, Italy

    Umile Giuseppe Longo

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Dahmen, J., Altink, J.N., Reilingh, M.L., Kerkhoffs, G.M.M.J. (2019). Lift, Drill, Fill, and Fix (LDFF): A New Arthroscopic Treatment for Talar Osteochondral Defects. In: Canata, G., d'Hooghe, P., Hunt, K., Kerkhoffs, G., Longo, U. (eds) Sports Injuries of the Foot and Ankle. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58704-1_13

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