J Korean Foot Ankle Soc.  2015 Mar;19(1):7-10. 10.14193/jkfas.2015.19.1.7.

Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation as a Secondary Procedure after Failed Microfracture for Osteochondral Lesion of Talus

• Kim JS

• KMID: 1958698
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14193/jkfas.2015.19.1.7

Abstract

Microfracture as a reparative strategy is the treatment of choice for an osteochondral lesion of talus. Although the results of microfracture are generally excellent, at least 30% of patients who received microfracture have acute or chronic ankle pain with several or unknown causes. The most important factor for unsatisfactory outcome after microfracture is the size of the lesion. For failed osteochondral lesion of talus, the second options are autologous osteochondral graft, autologous chondrocyte implantation, or re-microfracture. In this article, we present the autologous chondrocyte implantation as a second procedure for failed microfracture and compare its clinical outcome with other methods based on a literature review.

Keyword

Osteochondral lesion of talus; Microfracture; Autologous chondrocyte implantation

MeSH Terms

Ankle
Chondrocytes*
Humans
Talus*
Transplants

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  Figure 1. Our flowchart for treatment of failed osteochondral lesion of talus. OLT: osteochondral lesion of talus, POD: postoperative days, MRI: magnetic resonance image.

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