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Autologous osteochondral grafting—Technique and long-term results
Injury, 2008
1 bla bla bla bla One aardvark marries the pawnbroker, even though five bourgeois cats tickled umpteen Macintoshes, but two obese elephants drunkenly towed umpteen almost irascible sheep. Two bureaux easily telephoned Paul, even though the wart hogs gossips, but one elephant tastes partly putrid wart hogs, because umpteen purple botulisms kisses Mark, although the subways bought one extremely angst-ridden lampstand, even though five obese televisions perused subways, then five progressive mats auctioned off the bureau, although two trailers grew up, but irascible Jabberwockies untangles five speedy fountains, yet one cat ran away, then the trailer very cleverly kisses two irascible bureaux. Summary 1 Background: Efficacious treatment of chondral and osteochondral defects of weightbearing articular surfaces is a daily challenge in musculoskelatal care. Autogenous osteochondral transplantation represents a possible solution for creating hyaline or hyaline-like repair in the affected area that has a noninflammatory pathoorigin. This paper discusses the experimental background and over 15 years of clinical experience with autologous osteochondral mosaicplasty.
We have investigated the effect of the insufficient autologous osteochondral graft on healing of the large articular cartilage defect using a rabbit model. An osteochondral defect, 7 mm in diameter, was made on the patellar groove of the femoral condyle and repaired with two surgical procedures: Group I, the osteochondral fragment as half as the defect was grafted. The graft was unstable and the size of the graft was smaller than the defect. This is a model of the insufficient autologous osteochondral graft to the large articular cartilage defect; Group II, the defect was left empty. At 2, 4, 12, and 24 weeks after the surgery, the specimens were analyzed macroscopically and histologically. To evaluate the microscopic morphology, a histologic grading scale composed of 5 categories was used. In Group I, although the graft sank a little, a grafted cartilage survived and the reparative fibrous tissue filled the defect covering implanted cartilage. In contrast, in Group II, the defect was only partially covered by fibrocartilaginous tissue with a faintly staining matrix. Throughout the entire observed periods, the scores of the repaired cartilage in Group I are significantly higher than those in Group II. Even the half size of osteochondral graft has an effect to reduce the size of the cartilage defect such as the spacer and leads to better healing compared to the cartilage defect untreated. In case that it is hard to transplant an optimal osteochondral graft because of large cartilage lesion, even the small and unstable osteochondral plug should be transplanted. Localized articular cartilage lesions associated with traumatic chondral injury, osteochondritis dissecans, and osteonecrosis present a challenging clinical problem. Cartilaginous lesions cause pain and limitation in range of motion of the joint. If left untreated, these lesions can be a precursor to osteoarthritis. In order to prevent development of osteoarthritis, it is important to repair articular cartilage defects by hyaline cartilage with a good congruity of the joint. Many surgical procedures such as, subchondral drilling, abrasion arthroplasty, microfracture, osteochondral graft transplantation, periosteal or perichondrial arthroplasty, and chondrocyte transplantation with collagen gel have been developed (1,2,6,7,10-13). However, cartilage repair is still challenging because the ability of the articular cartilage to repair itself is limited. Recently, multiple autologous osteochondral transplantation such as mosaicplasty, has been performed and reported with successful clinical results (4,5,8,9). Autologous osteochondral grafts have been reported in treating cartilaginous lesions of the femoral condyle, the tibial plateau, the patella and the talus with less complication at the donor site
Systematic Review of Autogenous Osteochondral Transplant Outcomes
Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery, 2015
Purpose: The goal of this systematic review was to present the current best evidence for clinical outcomes of osteochondral autograft transplantation to elucidate the efficacy of this procedure. Methods: PubMed, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched (key terms "knee," "osteochondral autograft transfer," or "mosaicplasty") to identify relevant literature between 1950 and 2013 in the English language. This evaluation included studies in pediatric and adult patients with grade 3 or 4 articular cartilage injuries; the studies had a minimum of 25 patients and at least 12 months of follow-up and compared osteochondral autograft transfers/mosiacplasty with another treatment modality. Articles were limited to full-text randomized controlled trials or cohort studies. Main outcomes studied were patient-reported and functional outcome, with secondary outcomes including effect of lesion size, return to sport and sport function, radiographic outcomes, and reoperation rates. Results: There were a total of 9 studies with 607 patients studied in this systematic review. When osteochondral autologous transfer/mosaicplasty (OATM) was compared with microfracture (MF), patients with OATM had better clinical results, with a higher rate of return to sport and maintenance of their sports function from before surgery. Meanwhile, patients who underwent MF trended toward more reoperations, with deterioration around 4 years after surgery. When compared with autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), clinical outcome improvement was not conclusive; however, at 10-year follow-up, a greater failure rate was found to be present in the OATM group. Conclusions: Current evidence shows improved clinical outcomes with OATM when compared with preoperative conditions. These patients were able to return to sport as early as 6 months after the procedure. It could be suggested from the data that OATM procedures might be more appropriate for lesions that are smaller than 2 cm 2 with the known risk of failure between 2 and 4 years. Further high-quality prospective studies into the management of these articular cartilage injuries are necessary to provide a better framework within which to target intervention. Level of Evidence: Level II, systematic review of Level I and II studies.
Journal of exercise, sports & orthopedics, 2017
Clinical data suggest that the reconstruction of large osteochondral defects requires application of osseous cylinders to augment the bony defect. This prospective case series investigates the clinical outcome after impaction grafting as an alternative to osseous cylinder transplantation to reconstruct the subchondral bone plate. We report on three patients with large osteochondral defects of the femoral condyle (averaging 10.9 cm²) resulting from osteochondritis dissecans or osteonecrosis. Defects were treated with spongiosaplasty followed by matrix-based autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI) using a collagen-I-hydrogel. The patients were examined at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 months after surgery. The follow-up included radiographs, MRI, patient/doctor assessment as well as the IKDC-2000 evaluation package (IKDC score). At final follow-up, all three patients were satisfied with the long-term outcome since free of pain. Their functional and activity levels were back to normal, which was also reflected in the obtained IKDC-scores. Radiographic and MRI imaging showed complete reconsolidation of the subchondral osseus defects and excellent integration of the implanted collagen based matrix with the surrounding hyaline cartilage. Therefore, autologous spongiosaplasty as an alternative to the transplantation of osseous cylinders is a sufficient technique to reconstruct the subchondral bone plate in patients with large osteochondral defects.
Experimental results of donor site filling for autologous osteochondral mosaicplasty
Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery, 2003
Purpose: Autologous osteochondral mosaicplasty has become a treatment option for focal chondral and osteochondral defects in recent years. Excessive postoperative bleeding from the donor site was reported as a possible complication of the procedure. The purpose of this study was to investigate different biodegradable materials for donor site filling, which could prevent excessive postoperative bleeding from these sites but would allow reasonable blood clot formation on the articular surfaces of donor tunnels. Type of Study: Basic science evaluation. Methods: In an experimental model, "donor site plugs" made from hydroxylapatite, carbon fiber, polyglyconate-B, compressed collagen, and 2 versions of polycaprolactones were used to fill the bony tunnels created by harvesting. These materials were tested in 100 knees of 50 German Shepherd dogs to determine the quality of the repair tissue formation on the surfaces of the harvesting holes filled by these materials. Arthroscopies of the dogs were performed at several intervals, from 4 weeks to 26 weeks, and macroscopic studies were performed on euthanized animals between 8 weeks and 30 weeks to evaluate donor site filling and coverage. Empty donor tunnels served as controls for the evaluation of the different filling materials. Results: All tested materials effectively decreased postoperative bleeding. Hydroxylapatite, carbon rods, polyglyconate-B, and melted polycaprolactone materials showed a good integration to the surrounding cancellous bone, but these fillings showed only a limited repair tissue formation, even at 30 weeks postoperatively. Second-look arthroscopy and histologic evaluation of necropsies showed the best fibrocartilage coverage after filling by compressed collagen. Technical details of the filling also had certain importance in the quality of the repair tissue formation. Conclusions: According to histologic results, compressed collagen appears to be a good material to fill donor tunnels of osteochondral graft harvest. This material is substituted gradually by bone formation and its articular surface can serve as an appropriate scaffold for fibrocartilage coverage created by the natural intrinsic repair process.
Autologous osteochondral grafting for talar cartilage defects
Foot & ankle international, 2002
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS) for the treatment of symptomatic osteochondral defects of the talus using standardized outcome analysis. Nineteen patients with symptomatic osteochondral defect (OCD) of the talus were treated with autologous osteochondral grafting. There were six men and 13 women. The average age was 32 years (range, 18 to 48 years). The average duration of symptoms prior to surgery was 4.2 years (range, three months to 12 years). All patients had failed nonoperative treatment, and 13 (68%) patients had failed prior excision, curettage and/or drilling of the lesion. The average size of the lesion prior to autografting was 12 mm x 10 mm (range, 10 x 5 mm to 20 x 20 mm). Donor plugs were harvested from the trochlear border of the ipsilateral femoral condyle. Ankle exposure was obtained with a medial malleolar osteotomy in 13 patients, arthrotomy in five patients and lateral malleolar osteo...