• Medicina · Jan 2024

    [Use of frozen osteochondral allograft for the treatment of cartilage defects of the knee. Results at seven-year follow-up].

    • Pablo Dardanelli, Catalina Larrague, Nicolás Molho, Carlos Yacuzzi, Juan Pablo Zicaro, and Matías Costa-Paz.
    • Sección de Artroscopia y Prótesis de Rodilla, Instituto de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Carlos E. Ottolenghi, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: pdardanelli@gmail.com.
    • Medicina (B Aires). 2024 Jan 1; 84 (2): 261266261-266.

    IntroductionKnee osteochondral lesions represent a frequent pathology within young active patients. One possible indication for severe lesions or in case of impossibility of harvesting an autograft is the use of fresh frozen allograft. The objective of this study was to retrospectively analyze functional results and failure rate after osteochondral transplants using fresh frozen allografts.MethodsWe analyzed data from patients who underwent knee osteochondral transplant using mosaicplasty technique with fresh frozen allografts at our institution between 2014 and 2019. We included those patients with at least two-year follow-up. Demographic characteristics such as age at the moment of intervention and size of the defect were included. Functional results were assessed using pre and postoperative Lysholm and IKDC scores. Patients who underwent a knee replacement were considered failures.ResultsTwenty-five patients were included. The median age was 43.5 years (IQR 29-50), 45% were female and the mean follow-up was 83 months (SD 54.6). Mean osteochondral defect size was 4 cm2. Mean pre and postoperative Lysholm scores were 39 (SD 19.3) and 82 (SD 15.4) respectively (p < 0.01). Mean pre and postoperative IKDC scores were 42 (SD 13.8) and 60 (SD 13.5) respectively (p < 0.01). Five patients (20%) underwent a knee replacement afterwards and were considered failures.DiscussionOur results after a mean seven-year follow-up evidenced an overall improvement in functional scores and a failure rate of 20%. Osteochondral transplant using fresh frozen allografts is a reliable and feasible treatment for patients with large osteochondral defects.

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