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Table 1.

Study and patient characteristics

Study	Year	Level of evidence	Study design	Number of JOCD lesions at followup	Duration of followup (months)*	Age at time of surgery (years)*	Lesion location
Lee and Mercurio [22]	1981	IV	Retrospective case series	1	7 (6–7)	18 (12–26)	1 MFC
Bradley and Dandy [5]	1989	IV	Retrospective case series	11	24 (12–60)	12 (11–13)	11 MFC
Aglietti et al. [2]	1994	IV	Retrospective case series	16	56 (34–104)	12.8 (10–14)	16 MFC
Anderson et al. [4]	1997	IV	Retrospective case series	20	60 (24–108)	13.5 (9–23)	15 MFC
Anderson et al. [4]	1997	IV	Retrospective case series	20	60 (24–108)	13.5 (9–23)	5 LFC
Kocher et al. [19]	2001	IV	Prospective case series	30	45 (24–86)	12.3 (8.5–16.1)	30 MFC
Louisia et al. [25]	2003	IV	Retrospective case series	17	141 (36–312)	13.8 (11–29)	17 MFC
Kawasaki et al. [18]	2003	IV	Retrospective case series	15	16 (12–24)	12.5 (9–18)	7 MFC
Kawasaki et al. [18]	2003	IV	Retrospective case series	15	16 (12–24)	12.5 (9–18)	8 LFC
Donaldson and Wojtys [9]	2008	IV	Retrospective case series	16	21 (8–38)	12.3 (9–15)	12 MFC
Donaldson and Wojtys [9]	2008	IV	Retrospective case series	16	21 (8–38)	12.3 (9–15)	4 LFC
Adachi et al. [1]	2009	IV	Retrospective case series	20	32 (13–62)	12 (9–15)	8 MFC
Adachi et al. [1]	2009	IV	Retrospective case series	20	32 (13–62)	12 (9–15)	12 LFC
Edmonds et al. [10]	2010	IV	Retrospective case series	59	36.3 (1.3–72)	13.4 (8–18.6)	42 MFC
Edmonds et al. [10]	2010	IV	Retrospective case series	59	36.3 (1.3–72)	13.4 (8–18.6)	17 LFC
Ojala et al. [27]	2011	IV	Prospective case series	5	36.6 (4–79)	15 (7–21)	3 MFC
Ojala et al. [27]	2011	IV	Prospective case series	5	36.6 (4–79)	15 (7–21)	2 LFC

* Values expressed as means with ranges in parentheses; NR = not reported; MFC = medial femoral condyle; LFC = lateral femoral condyle; JOCD = juvenile osteochondritis dissecans.