Background Osteochondral lesions (OCLs) of the tibial plafond (OLTPs) are rare, and few studies provide treatment recommendations. We describe two cases of an OLTP that were treated with retrograde osteochondral autograft. Case Reports The first case was a 27-year-old basketball player and the second case was a 38-year-old soccer player. We harvested osteochondral autografts from the nonweigh...

Although femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome is included in the etiology of lesions involving the acetabular labrum and acetabular cartilage, it is one of many possible reasons behind osteochondral lesions in the femoral head. Herein, we present clinical findings and outcomes of two cases with osteochondral defects and cam type impingement of femoral head. Both cases underwent autologou...

Introduction Osteochondral lesions of the tibial plafond account for approximately 2.6% of osteochondral lesions in the ankle. There are few cases describing this lesion in the literature, with little information on mechanism of injury, history/physical findings or recommendations for management. Case Presentation A 17-year-old male competitive soccer player presented with a 6-7 month history...

Osteochondral disease of the glenoid is a well-known cause of shoulder pain and disability in young and active patients. The etiology can be multifactorial, and disease severity can exist across a wide spectrum. Symptoms can often interfere with athletic performance, job responsibilities, and activities of daily living. Although a number of cartilage restoration techniques exist for other joint...

INTRODUCTION MRI is commonly used to evaluate athletes with elbow pain. MRI can acquire high resolution images with excellent tissue contrast in multiple planes. It is therefore well-suited for assessing the bones, ligaments, tendons and nerves of the elbow which may all be sources of pain in athletes. MRI is particularly helpful for evaluating athletes with non-localisable elbow pain and athle...

Osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLT) are rare joint disorders. The talus is the third most common location of this disorder, following the knee and elbow joints. OLT represents 4% of all osteochondral lesions in the body. This article discusses the surgical treatment and postoperative rehabilitation of osteochondral lesions of the talus.

Tissue engineering of a biological osteochondral multilayered construct with a cartilage-interface subchondral bone layer is a key challenge. This study presented a rabbit bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC)/silk fibroin scaffold-based co-culture approach to generate tissue-engineered osteochondral grafts with an interface. BMSC-seeded scaffolds were first cultured separately in osteogenic and chon...

BACKGROUND Osteochondral lesions of the talus are relatively uncommon but may be a cause of significant pain and disability in symptomatic patients. HYPOTHESIS Arthroscopic treatment of osteochondral lesions of the talus will result in good long-term clinical outcomes in the majority of patients. STUDY DESIGN Case series; Level of evidence, 4. METHODS Fifty patients with chronic osteochon...

Osteochondral injury of the trochlea is a rare lesion of the articular surface of the ulnohumeral joint. A number of cases involving the humeral trochlea of adolescent throwing athletes have been reported in the Englishlanguage literature. In the last decade, elbow arthroscopy has evolved to become an accepted technique for the treatment of elbow osteochondral lesions. This is the first report ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate histopathological changes in the recipient site after transplantation of stored osteochondral allografts into articular cartilage defects in 8 dogs. In all dogs a single osteochondral allograft was transplanted into articular cartilage lesions. The results of the completed surgeries include a 12-month follow-up study. It was found that the stored osteochond...