AVASCULAR OSTEONECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL CO NDYLE AFTER ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY

Avascular osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle after arthroscopic surg ery. Retrospective review of 10 patients who presented with avascular necrosis of the ipsilateral femoral condyle following arthroscopic men iscectomy (9 medial, 1 lateral). The bone lesions were evaluated by ra diography and MRI, which were repeated for few patients. MRI allows ea rlier diagnosis of avascular necrosis of the femoral condyle and offer s an evaluation of extent of the lesions whose evolution is variable: 3 patients required a knee prothesis, the other 7 patients were treate d medically.