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Since the advent of operative ankle arthroscopy specific treatment of osteochondritis dissecans of the talus underwent rapid progress. Besides optimizing well-known methods as drilling, spongeous plastic, curettage or refixation of dissecates new trends go to transplantation of cultivated cartilage and osteochondral allografts. Previous follow-up examinations suffer on the one hand from partially small numbers of cases, on the other hand comparisons are difficult because so far no rating system of the function of the upper ankle does exist.
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