Fate of large donor site defects in osteochondral transfer procedures in the knee joint with and without TruFit plugs.

Introduction: Because of the potential donor site morbidity, cartilage lesions of more than 3 cm(2) in size are considered to be critical regarding autologous osteochondral transplantation (OCT). In this study, the potential donor site morbidity for large defects should be reduced by means of OBI TruFit Plugs.

Materials And Methods: An autologous OCT was carried out on 37 patients and the cylinders were received from the dorsal medial femoral condyle.