Treatment of focal articular cartilage lesions of the knee with autogenous osteochondral grafts
Treatment of focal articular cartilage lesions of the knee with autogenous osteochondral grafts
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自体骨软骨移植治疗膝关节局灶性关节软骨病变
DOI:
10.1007/s004020100343
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Ching‐Jen Wang
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作者:
Ching‐Jen Wang
A retrospective study of 15 patients with 16 knees who underwent osteochondral autografts for focal full thickness articular cartilage defects of the knee with 2- to 4-year follow-up showed 80% good or excellent clinical results. There was no correlation of the clinical results with the underlying diagnoses, including osteonecrosis, osteochondritis dessicans and traumatic cartilage defect, or a size of the lesion smaller than 600 mm2. However, cartilage lesions larger than 600 mm2were associated with increasing fibrous tissue formation and fissuring between the grafts and the host tissues and poor results. The improvement in symptoms appeared time-dependent, ranging from 6 to 16 weeks, suggesting that postoperative protection of the graft is warranted. There was no radiographic progression of degenerative changes of the knee on the medium-term follow-up. Therefore, an autogenous osteochondral graft is considered a good method in the treatment of knees with moderately sized articular cartilage defects.