2-Year Postoperative Evaluation of a Patient with a Symptomatic Full-Thickness Patellar Cartilage Defect Repaired with Particulated Juvenile Cartilage Tissue

ABSTRACT

This case report describes the early results of a 36-year-old man who underwent repair of a symptomatic full-thickness patellar cartilage defect with transplanted particulated juvenile articular cartilage. At 2 years postoperatively, the patient has experienced substantial clinical improvement in both pain and function when evaluated with both International Knee Documentation Committee subjective evaluation and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score outcome measures. Two-year postoperative magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates fill of the defect with repair tissue and near complete resolution of preoperative subchondral bone edema. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this case report is the first to report clinical results of this new technique at 2 years postoperatively.

KEYWORDS

Cartilage - knee - juvenile - particulated - clinical

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