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Arthrosc Tech. 2016 Feb 15;5(1):e157-61. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2015.10.015. eCollection 2016 Feb.

Fresh Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation for Treatment of Articular Cartilage Defects of the Knee.

Arthroscopy techniques

Chase S Dean, Jorge Chahla, Raphael Serra Cruz, Robert F LaPrade

Affiliations

  1. Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado.
  2. Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado; Instituto Brasil de Tecnologias da Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  3. Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado; The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, U.S.A.

PMID: 27274447 PMCID: PMC4886188 DOI: 10.1016/j.eats.2015.10.015

Abstract

Articular cartilage damage of the knee can cause severe morbidity. Owing to its avascular nature, articular cartilage has limited potential for self-healing and increased propensity to progress to osteoarthritis. Treatment of large, full-thickness cartilage defects is still a challenge for orthopaedic surgeons but has recently achieved high success rates with the use of osteochondral allografts. This article details our technique of osteochondral allograft transplantation for the treatment of articular cartilage defects of the knee.

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