MAJ Travis J. Dekker, MD, USAF, MC, Zachary S. Aman, MS, BA, Nicholas N. DePhillipo, PhD, MS, ATC, CSCS, LT COL Jonathan F. Dickens, MD, USA, MC, Adam W. Anz, MD, and Robert F. LaPrade, MD, PhD
Bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) has emerged as a novel treatment for pathology of the knee. Despite containing a limited number of stem cells, BMAC serves as a source of growth factors that are thought to play an important role as a result of their anabolic and anti-inflammatory effects. To our knowledge, there is no systematic […]
Symptomatic osteochondral lesions of the knee pose a considerable treatment challenge to orthopaedic surgeons, particularly when they occur in young, active patients. This case report studies a patient with a large osteochondral lesion of the posterior aspect of the lateral femoral condyle of the knee. The study also outlines […]
Because of concerns about infections with the use of fresh osteoarticular allografts, osteoarticular allografts are currently stored hypothermically for a minimum of fourteen days to allow for serologic and microbiologic testing prior to implantation. Refrigerated osteoarticular allograft transplants are often used to treat symptomatic chondral and osteochondral defects in […]
There has recently been increased interest in the use of 7.0-T magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating articular cartilage degeneration and quantifying the progression of osteoarthritis.
The histologic appearance of the repair tissue after articular cartilage resurfacing procedures in humans is not well documented.
All-inside meniscal repairs using bioabsorbable repair devices have been a new tool for orthopaedic surgeons in the treatment of meniscal tears.
We report on 2 patients who had donor-site morbidity after an autogenous osteochondral grafting was performed. Both patients had fibrocartilage hypertrophy at the donor sites that contributed to knee pain and occasional locking; the second patient also had a lack of fibrocartilaginous regrowth with symptomatic residual osteocartilaginous defects. Additional arthroscopic surgery […]
Bentley G, Biant LC, Carrington RWJ, Akmal M, Goldberg A, Williams AM, Skinner JA, Pringle J. A prospective, randomised comparison of autologous chondrocyte implantation versus mosaicplasty for osteochondral defects in the knee. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2003 Mar;85:223-30.
Articular cartilage defects of the knee can be very debilitating, and diagnosis can be difficult because the symptoms are often nonspecific…
