Angermann P, Riegels-Nielsen P, Pedersen H
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Central Hospital, Naestved, Denmark.
Acta Orthop Scand. 1998 Dec;69(6):595-7. doi: 10.3109/17453679808999262.
We evaluated 14 consecutive periosteal transplantations to treat osteochondritis dissecans lesions of the femoral condyle. 1 year postoperatively, 9 knees were pain-free, but with 6-9 years follow-up, only 2 knees were pain-free. Formation of hyaline-like cartilage, assessed in 12 knees, was documented in 1 patients and assessed as possible in 1 more, but in 10 patients the tissue formed in the defects was not or probably not hyaline cartilage. 6 knees had developed arthrosis.
