ArticleArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2025
Patellar Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation Yields Clinically Meaningful Improvement in 2-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes.
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- Combination of Cartiheal and Osteochondral Allograft for the Treatment of Multifocal Cartilage Defects.Video journal of sports medicineArticle
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Abstract
Purpose: To assess the outcomes of patellar osteochondral allograft (OCA) transplantation and access the effect of preoperative indications and patient characteristics on outcomes. Methods: Primary patellar OCA transplantation cases were retrospectively identified from a single surgeon from August 2017 and August 2021, all using grafts preserved with the Missouri Osteochondral Allograft Preservation technique. Patients with less than 2 years of follow-up were excluded. Variables collected included demographics, previous surgical and concomitant procedures, primary pathology and indications, graft size and location, range of motion, Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue 2.0 scores, patient-reported outcome measures, and reoperations. Primary pathology and unipolar versus bipolar grafting subgroups were analyzed. Preoperative and postoperative comparison was analyzed via paired sample Results: Twenty-eight cases (16 unipolar patellar OCA transplantation, 12 bipolar transplantation) met both inclusion and exclusion criteria, with a mean age of 31.0 ± 10.3 years, a mean body mass index of 30.0 ± 5.6, and a mean follow-up of 3.6 ± 1.4 years (range 2.3-5.8 years). Eighteen knees presented with lateral patellar instability, 9 with patellofemoral (PF) chondrosis, and 1 with juvenile osteochondritis dissecans. Three knees (10.7%) in total were converted to total knee arthroplasty, all of which occurred in the setting of PF chondrosis. OCA transplantation improved International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC; 36.6-71.9; Conclusions: Patellar OCA transplantation resulted in overall improvement in PROs with an 11% rate of conversion to total knee arthroplasty at 2-years follow-up. Level of Evidence: Level IV, therapeutic retrospective case series.
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