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A novel implantation technique for engineered osteo-chondral grafts

Candrian, C. and Barbero, Andrea and Bonacina, E. and Francioli, S. and Hirschmann, M. T. and Milz, S. and Valderrabano, V. and Heberer, M. and Martin, I. and Jakob, M.. (2009) A novel implantation technique for engineered osteo-chondral grafts. Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), Vol. 17. pp. 1377-1383.

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Abstract

We present a novel method to support precise insertion of engineered osteochondral grafts by pulling from the bone layer, thereby minimizing iatrogenic damage associated with direct manipulation of the cartilage layer. Grafts were generated by culturing human expanded chondrocytes on Hyaff-11 meshes, sutured to Tutobone spongiosa cylinders. Through the bone layer, shaped to imitate the surface-contours of the talar dome, two sutures were applied: the first for anterograde implantation, to pull the graft into the defect, and the second for retrograde correction, in case of a too deep insertion. All grafts could be correctly positioned into osteochondral lesions created in cadaveric ankle joints with good fit to the surrounding cartilage. Implants withstood short-term dynamic stability tests applied to the ankle joint, without delamination or macroscopic damage. The developed technique, by allowing precise and stable positioning of osteochondral grafts without iatrogenic cartilage damage, is essential for the implantation of engineered tissues, where the cartilage layer is not fully mechanically developed, and could be considered also for conventional autologous osteochondral transplantation.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Tissue Engineering (Martin)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Bewegungsapparat und Integument
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Bewegungsapparat und Integument
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Orthopädie (Valderrabano)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Orthopädie (Valderrabano)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Bewegungsapparat und Integument > Traumatologie / Orthopädie (Jakob)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Bewegungsapparat und Integument > Traumatologie / Orthopädie (Jakob)
UniBasel Contributors:Martin, Ivan and Jakob, Marcel and Valderrabano, Victor
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0942-2056
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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