Purpose: To look into what failure actually means and work towards developing tools to better understand what level of recovery is most important to the individual.
Conclusion: Failure has traditionally been defined in absolute terms but it does not take into account the patients’ expectations nor the fact it can delay arthroscopy.
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Kyle N.Kunze BS Jorge Chahla MD, PhD Andreas H.Gomoll MD. "Defining Failure After Cartilage Preservation Surgery: Are We Expecting Too Much". Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine. Volume 28, Issue 1, March 2020.