Pilot study: feasibility of visualizing osteochondral defects with ultrasound in the ankle.*

Completed

• Conditions: cartilage defects; articular degeneration; 10023213

• Registration Number: NL-OMON35632
• Lead Sponsor: Academisch Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

- Patients should have an age 18 years or older
- Patients should be able to read the patient information
- Patients who have received a routine CT-scan of the ankle which shows an OCD of the ankle and were either treated conservatively or are on the waiting list to receive any type of surgical treatment for the confirmed OCD.

Exclusion Criteria

- Patients with suspected multiple pathologies in the ankle joint
- Patients that did not receive a CT-scan
- Patients with age lower than 18 years
- Patients who are pregnant
- Patients who have not signed the informed consent form
- Patients with a previous surgical history of OCD in the ankle.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>- presence or absence of a OCD on ultrasound<br /><br>- presence or absence of a OCD on CT</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>- size of the lesion<br /><br>- location of the lesion<br /><br>- Berndt and Harty classification of the lesion</p><br>