Banking of osteochondral allografts, Part II. Preservation of Chondrocyte Viability During Long-Term Storage.

One of the most important factors concerning the successful clinical outcome after transplantation of osteochondral allografts is the viability of the cartilage.The viability of cryopreserved cartilage is quite poor, 20-30% cell survival has been published. The purpose of this study was to develop a new storage method which improves the chondrocyte viability.

Banking of osteochondral allografts. Part I. Viability assays adapted for osteochondrol and cartilage studies.

The aim of this study was to adapt a reliable, reproducible and simple viability assay for cartilage and osteochondral studies. The previous assays (radioisotope uptake, assessment of matrix components, histological methods, oxygen consumption etc.) were complex, laborious, time consuming or suffer from difficulty of interpretation.