Abstract
This paper presents a case report of a 27-year-old male patient affected by a large osteochondral defect of the medial femoral condyle (6 cm2) in a varus knee. He was treated with a combined approach consisting of high tibial osteotomy and autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis technique enhanced by a bone marrow-enriched bone graft. Twelve months after surgery, the patient reported considerable reduction in pain and significant increase in his quality of life. A hyaline-like cartilage completely covered the defect and was congruent with the surrounding condyle cartilage as revealed by MRI and by a second-look arthroscopy. Level of evidence IV.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2287-2290 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2012 |
Keywords
- Autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis
- Bone graft
- Concentrated bone marrow
- Osteochondral lesion
- Osteotomy
- Varus knee
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
- Surgery