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Level IV-retrospective case series.

With 88% good/excellent results and 80% salvage rate of clinical failures with an additional allograft, osteochondral allograft transplantation is a useful treatment option in pediatric and adolescent patients.

Magnetic resonance images of asymptomatic participants revealed abnormalities in 73% of hips, with labral tears being identified in 69% of the joints. A strong correlation was seen between participant age and early markers of cartilage degeneration such as cartilage defects and subchondral cysts.

An elevated TT-TG is associated with patellar instability both in pediatric and adolescent patients. However, this measurement varies as a function of patient age and height, with each centimeter in height increasing the TT-TG by 0.12. Normalization of TT-TG to patient height may control for size variations and should be undertaken in the work-up and management of patients with patellar instability.