ArticleCurrent reviews in musculoskeletal medicine2015
Surgical treatment for osteochondritis dessicans of the knee.
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- A Case of Fixation Using Poly-L-Lactic Acid Pins for Chronic Juvenile Massive Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Evaluation of cartilage regeneration using a hybrid bilayer scaffold based on omentum: evidence of limited efficacy.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Tear Associated with an Intra-articular Axial Spilt Osteochondral Fracture of the Lateral Femoral Condyle: a "Knee Trap-door" Fracture.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023Article
- Arthroscopic Drilling for Stable Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee Is Safe and Patients Reliably Return to Daily Activities by 3 Months.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- An adult case of spontaneous healing of concurrent osteochondritis dissecans of the lateral femoral condyle after saucerization with meniscal repair for discoid lateral meniscus: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2021Article
- Extra-articular, Intraepiphyseal Drilling for Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: Characterization of a Safe and Reproducible Surgical Approach.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2019Article
- An uncommon chronic osteochondral defect in the lateral tibial plateau detected after a separate injury.BMJ case reports · 2018Article
- Cartilage and Bone Serum Biomarkers as Novel Tools for Monitoring Knee Osteochondritis Dissecans Treated with Osteochondral Scaffold.BioMed research international · 2018Article
- Arthroscopic treatment of intra-articular dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica of the knee.SAGE open medical case reports · 2018Article
- Focal Defects of the Knee Articular Surface: Evidence of a Regenerative Potential Pattern in Osteochondritis Dissecans and Degenerative Lesions.BioMed research international · 2017Article
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Abstract
Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the knee is a disease of the subchondral bone with secondary injury to the overlying articular cartilage. OCD lesions are generally categorized as juvenile-growth plates open-or adult-growth plates closed. This maturity-based classification scheme has a prognostic value in that many juvenile OCD lesions will heal with conservative care while most symptomatic adult OCD lesions need surgical intervention. OCD can result in pain, knee joint effusions, loose body formation, and arthritis. Short-term treatment goals include pain and symptom resolution while the long-term goal is to minimize arthritis. Surgical options include debridement, drilling, microfracture, reduction and fixation, autograft osteochondral transplantation, autologous chondrocyte implantation, and allograft osteochondreal transplantation.
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