ArticleArchives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery2025
Clinical and radiological 2-year results after autologous shaver-based minced cartilage implantation for cartilage lesions of the knee.
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- Autologous minced cartilage implantation for unstable osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow demonstrates favourable clinical and imaging outcomes at a mean 2-year follow-up.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
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introductionThe autologous shaver-based minced cartilage implantation is increasingly used for the treatment of focal cartilage lesions of the knee. However, in the absence of randomised controlled studies on this specific technique, its efficacy in comparison to established cartilage repair methods is a matter of debate. MATERIALS AND
methodsEleven patients (12 cases) were prospectively included in this study. One female patient was excluded due to conversion to total knee arthroplasty. All 11 analysed cases (8 females, 3 males; mean age: 42.7 ± 11.8 years, body mass index (BMI): 29.6 ± 6.1 kg/m
resultsStatistically significant improvement at 24 months follow up was observed for pain relief, as documented by the VAS and KOOS total, as well as the KOOS subsccores pain and activities of daily living. Out of 11 cases the MCID was reached in 9 cases considering VAS, 5 cases considering IKDC, 7 cases considering KOOS total and sport, 6 cases considering quality of life and 5 cases considering symptoms and activities of daily living. The postoperative mean MOCART score was 51.4 ± 22.0 and the mean T2-Index was 0.72 ± 0.18. In 3 of 11 postoperative MRIs no transplanted cartilage was observed.
conclusionTreatment of focal cartilage lesions at the knee with the autologous shaver-based minced cartilage implantation provided pain relief and improved function at 2 years follow up. Radiologic results indicated that on average the transplanted cartilage was different from hyaline cartilage, however, according to the T2-Index, in two cases the transplanted cartilage exhibited qualitative MR morphological properties similar to hyaline cartilage.
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