Osteochondral resurfacing of the knee joint with allograft
✍ Scribed by A. Bakay; L. Csönge; G. Papp; L. Fekete
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 217 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0341-2695
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Repair of untreated full-thickness cartilage defects in the medial femoral knee condyle was studied in 17 young, 21 adolescent, and 19 adult rabbits. At 6 weeks, the defect was completely filled by tissue regeneration in all young and adolescent animals, but in only few of the adults (p < 0.05). The
Osteochondral allografis were used in 11 patients with osteochondritis dissecans and 4 with osteonecrosis of the femoral condyles. The lesions were mainly in the medial condyle in 13 cases, and in the weightbearing area in 10. The grafts had a mean size of 6 cm2; 8 were kept in hypothermia at 4°C fo