%0 Journal Article %T A Retrospective Study Assessing Safety and Efficacy of Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation for Knee Chondral Lesions %A Andras Szomor %A Darren B. Chen %A Monther Gharaibeh %A Samuel J. MacDessi %J Archive of "Cartilage". %D 2018 %R 10.1177/1947603517703731 %X Bipolar radiofrequency (bRF) ablation is gaining popularity as a treatment modality for unstable knee chondral lesions of the knee. Limited reports of osteonecrosis and chondrolysis have been published; however, there is little data examining the safety of this treatment in larger series. This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of bRF in the treatment of chondral lesions encountered during knee arthroscopy %K knee arthroscopy %K chondroplasty %K chondral lesions %K radiofrequency ablation %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042031/