PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vinall, Phil
ED  - Lee, Keun-Bae
TI  - Early and Delayed Weight-Bearing Outcomes the Same following Microfracture
DP  - 2014 Dec 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 9--10
VI  - 14
IP  - 34
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/34/9.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/34/9.full
AB  - Injury to the articular cartilage and subchondral bone of the talar dome rarely heals without treatment, and nonsurgical treatment is successful only 45% of the time. Neither approach is recommended for osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLTs), which are best treated by arthroscopic bone marrow stimulation with microfracture surgery, particularly for symptomatic OLTs <15 mm in diameter. This article discusses a comparison of delayed and early weight-bearing postoperative regimens for patients treated by microfracture for small to midsized OLTs.