RIB PERICHONDRIAL GRAFTS FOR THE REPAIR OF FULL-THICKNESS ARTICULAR-CARTILAGE DEFECTS - A MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL-STUDY IN RABBITS
RIB PERICHONDRIAL GRAFTS FOR THE REPAIR OF FULL-THICKNESS ARTICULAR-CARTILAGE DEFECTS - A MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL-STUDY IN RABBITS
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DOI:
10.2106/00004623-198567060-00013
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
AKESON, WH
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作者:
AMIEL, D;COUTTS, RD;AKESON, WH
The use of perichondrial grafts were investigated in articular cartilage defects and to characterize the newly formed cartilage. In a rabbit model, rib perichondrium was used to repair full-thickness defects in the femoral condyle. The quality of repair was then evaluated histologically and biochemically at 6 and 12 wk after grafting. Unacceptable results were obtained in 50% of the rabbits. These failures were due to condylar fracture in 20%, failure of graft attachment in 20% and infection in 10%. The technique of grafting must be improving to increase the percentage of successful grafts in which neocartilage with a relatively normal chemical composition fills the articular cartilage defect. Successful grafts proliferate to fill the full-thickness defect with neocartilage, which has biochemical characteristics that are similar to those of hyaline cartilage. Localized articular-cartilage lesions such as osteochondritis dissecans or osteonecrosis of the femoral head may be treatable by grafting with perichondrium. Limited lesions of osteoarthritis or osteoarthritis of small joints may also be amenable to this treatment.