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Management of Osteochondral Lesions of the Ankle Joint by Implantation of Autologous Chondrocytes

2016; Medical publishing house Galen; Volume: 83; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.55095/achot2016/025

2570-981X

Tomáš Otaševič, Petr Vališ, Marek Rouchal, Ján Novák, Martin Repko, A. Šprláková, Martin Krbec,

Tendon Structure and Treatment

PUPOSE OF THE STUDYThe treatment of osteochondral lesions of weight-bearing joints remains a serious therapeutic challenge, largely due to the minimal ability of articular hyaline cartilage to regenerate.The authors present the long-term clinical and MRI results of treating deep chondral and osteochondral defects of the ankle joint by the method of implantation of autologous chondrocytes in the form of a solid chondrograft.