Experience using an Osteochondral Homograft of the Iliac Crest Glowth Plate for Osteochondral Dissecans

With the increase in the number of people playing sports such as baseball, tennis, and golf the incidece of Osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow has also increased recently. We report two cases of this disease who had large defects of the capitulum. The size of articular surface defect was 1.5×1.2...

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Published inOrthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 101 - 105
Main Authors Tada, Katuhiro, Masumi, Shogo, Aso, Kuniiti, Akasi, Hiromi, Kuroki, Takanori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1992
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Summary:With the increase in the number of people playing sports such as baseball, tennis, and golf the incidece of Osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow has also increased recently. We report two cases of this disease who had large defects of the capitulum. The size of articular surface defect was 1.5×1.2cm and 1.7×1.3cm after removing the free bodies. If we simply remove the free bodies, the elbow joint will degenerate or the patient grown up. We therefore tramsplant an osteochondral homograft using the iliac crest growth plate to the defect. The clinical result was excellent.
ISSN:0037-1033
1349-4333
DOI:10.5035/nishiseisai.41.101