ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2023
Autologous minced cartilage repair for chondral and osteochondral lesions of the knee joint demonstrates good postoperative outcomes and low reoperation rates at minimum five-year follow-up.
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Management of Focal Cartilage Lesions of the Knee: The Benefits of an Autograft Procedure
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Inconsistencies in clinically significant outcome metrics for knee cartilage repair: a systematic review.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2025Pooled it
- [Guideline for the treatment of patellofemoral cartilage defects/arthrosis].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Guideline
- Arthroplasty for post-traumatic carpometacarpal joint (CMC) V osteoarthritis with minced cartilage: a case report.Innovative surgical sciences · 2026Article
- Treatment Options for Focal Cartilage Lesions of the Knee.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Review
- Minced cartilage implantation for cartilage regeneration: a survey of current clinical practices.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Article
- Arthroscopic Implantation of Minced Cartilage From theArthroscopy techniques · 2026Article
- Morphometric and Cellular Evaluation of Delaminated Cartilage From the Acetabulum.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Comparison of Bone Marrow Stimulation and Particulated Autologous Cartilage Transplantation for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus With a 2-Year Follow-up.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Autologous minced cartilage implantation for treatment of focal cartilage defects of the glenohumeral joint results in good clinical and radiological outcomes after a minimum 2-year follow-up.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
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- Single Stage Autologous Minced Cartilage Implantation for Chondral Defects of the Knee: A Case Series.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Single-Stage Arthroscopically Assisted "Sandwich" Cancellous Bone and Minced Cartilage Implantation for Treatment of Osteochondral Lesions at the Knee Joint.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- Clinical and radiological 2-year results after autologous shaver-based minced cartilage implantation for cartilage lesions of the knee.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Article
- COArthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- Autologous Osteochondral Transfer Demonstrates Satisfactory Clinical Outcomes and Durable Cartilage Properties: A Mean 4-Year Follow-up Using Quantitative MRI.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Correlation and Comparative Evaluation of MOCART and MOCART 2.0 for Assessing Cartilage Repair.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Efficacy of arthroscopic cartilage transplantation combined with platelet-rich plasma in the treatment of early knee osteoarthritis: a retrospective cohort study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Current trends in the treatment of focal cartilage lesions: a comprehensive review.EFORT open reviews · 2025Review
- Arthroscopic Cartilage Repair of the Patella With Minced Cartilage and Collagen Membrane Scaffold With Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeMinced cartilage is a one-step, autologous procedure with promising short-term results. The aim of the present study was to evaluate mid-term results in a patient cohort with chondral and osteochondral lesions in the knee joint treated with minced cartilage.
methodsFrom 2015 through 2016, a total of 34 consecutive patients were treated with a single-step, autologous minced cartilage for knee chondral and osteochondral lesions. Numeric analogue scale (NAS) for pain and knee function were obtained prior to surgery and at 12, 24 and 60 months postoperatively. Secondary outcomes, including Lysholm score, Tegner activity score, and the International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) score, were recorded at final follow-up. MRI examinations of patients with unplanned radiological follow-up were analysed using the MOCART (Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue) score.
resultsA total of 28 patients (44.1% females, age at surgery: 29.5 ± 11.5 years) were available at a mean follow-up of 65.5 ± 4.1 months. Mean defect size was 3.5 ± 1.8 cm
conclusionOne-step, autologous minced cartilage repair of chondral and osteochondral lesions of the knee without the necessity for subchondral bone treatment demonstrated good patient-reported outcomes, low complication rates, and graft longevity at mid-term follow-up. Minced cartilage represents a viable treatment option to more traditional cartilage repair techniques even in mid-term. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III.
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