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Osgood-Schlatter's disease - Management
Basis for recommendation
Referral for people with symptoms persisting into adulthood
- People with symptoms persisting into adulthood are likely to have symptoms associated with enlargement of the tibial tuberosity or ossicles.
- The effectiveness of surgical interventions to relieve symptoms is supported by expert opinion [Peirce, 2005; Gholve et al, 2007; Davidson et al, 2008] and limited evidence from a case series of 70 surgical treatments in 67 people with persistent symptoms associated with anatomical abnormalities [Orava et al, 2000]. Symptoms were assessed 2 years after surgery. Results were reported to be excellent in 56 people, moderate in nine people, and unknown or poor in five people.
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