Long-term results of osteochondral autograft transplantation of the talus with a novel groove malleolar osteotomy technique.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the long-term results of osteochondral autograft transfer (OAT) of talar lesions performed using a modified osteotomy technique.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included 20 consecutive patients (11 males, 9 females; mean age 33.5±11 years; range, 15 to 56 years) (21 ankles) with osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLT) treated with the OAT system between August 2002 and October 2008.

Arthroscopic labral repair versus labral debridement in patients with femoroacetabular impingement: a minimum 2.5 year follow-up study.

Purpose: To compare the clinical results of labral repair with labral debridement in patients undergoing arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement.

Methods: Between July 2008 and December 2011, 67 patients (73 hips) underwent arthroscopic treatment for femoroacetabular impingement. The repair group consisted of 33 patients; 18 hips with pincer only, 1 with CAM only and 15 with combined impingement.

Arthroscopic retrograde osteochondral autologous transplantation to chondral lesion in femoral head.

This report describes the treatment of 2 cases of full-thickness cartilage defect of the femoral head. The authors performed osteochondral autologous transplantation with a different technique that has not been reported to date. One patient was 37 years old, and the other was 42 years old.

[Articular cartilage lesions in unstable knees].

Objectives: The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate the management of chondral defects in knees with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) disruption.

Methods: Twenty-seven patients (mean age 35 years; range, 20 to 48 years) were randomized to osteochondral autologous transplantation (OAT, n=14) or a microfracture (MF, n=13) procedure together with ACL reconstruction in the same session for symptomatic lesions of the articular cartilage in ACL-deficient knees. The mean follow-up period was 34 months (range 24 to 53 months) in the OAT group, and 49 months (range 24 to 97 months) in the MF group.