Cartilage Surgery in Overweight Patients: Clinical and MRI Results after the Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis Procedure

Table 2

MRI evaluation.

Variable	<40 years	>40 years	Total
	()	()	()
Defect filling
Complete	3	0	3
Hypertrophy	0	0	0
Incomplete	0	0	0
>50%	1	4	5
<50%	0	2	2
Integration
Complete	4	2	6
Incomplete	0	0	0
Marginal gap	0	3	3
Gap up to 50%	0	1	1
Surface
Smooth	4	4	8
Partially uneven	0	1	1
Largely uneven	0	1	1
Structure of the reparative tissue
Homogeneous	3	1	4
Inhomogeneous	1	5	6
Signal intensity of defect cover
Isointense	3	3	6
Moderately	1	3	4
Hyperintense	0	0	0
Strongly	0	0	0
Hyperintense	0	0	0
Bone marrow
Intact	3	5	8
Not intact	1	1	2