Treatment of knee osteochondritis dissecans with autologous tendon transplantation: Clinical and radiological results.

Background: Defect treatment with tendon autograft in osteochondral lesions has been published in the literature with an experimental study in dogs. To demonstrate that it is possible to treat knee osteochondral lesions with the technique of autologous tendon transplantation.

Aim: To evaluate the clinical and radiological results of patients with knee osteochondral lesions who were treated with autologous tendon transplantation.