Autologous Minced Cartilage Implantation for Arthroscopic One-Stage Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Elbow

Christian Ophoven; Ferdinand C Wagner; Kaywan Izadpanah; Martin Jaeger; Gian M Salzmann; Bruno Gladbach; Hagen Schmal; Dirk Maier

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2021.11.013

Autologous Minced Cartilage Implantation for Arthroscopic One-Stage Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Elbow

Arthrosc Tech. 2022 Feb 28;11(3):e435-e440. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2021.11.013. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Christian Ophoven¹, Ferdinand C Wagner¹, Kaywan Izadpanah¹, Martin Jaeger¹, Gian M Salzmann^{2

3}, Bruno Gladbach², Hagen Schmal¹, Dirk Maier¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center-Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany.
² Gelenkzentrum Rhein-Main, Wiesbaden, Germany.
³ Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland.

Abstract

This Technical Note describes the full arthroscopic one-stage treatment of high-grade osteochondritis dissecans of the humeral capitellum of the elbow joint by means of minced cartilage implantation.