APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA: OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT (2015)

INDICATION PROFILE


History -- Pain

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History -- Mechanical symptoms (catching or locking)

Physical exam -- Effusion

Imaging (Plain Radiographs) -- Skeletal Maturity (Distal Femoral Physis)

Imaging– Stability of OCD Fragment (Progeny)

Imaging (or perhaps arthroscopy) -- Integrity of OCD Fragment (Progeny)

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