Table 1.
Details of the 14 knee with cartilage defects treated with cultured cartilage transplantation
| Case | Gender | Age (years) | Height (cm) | Body weight (kg) | Disease | Side | Site of lesion | Size of lesion (cm2) | Outerbridge grade | Number of previous operations | Duration of symptoms (months) | Follow-up; EP II (years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 36 | 152 | 45.0 | Trauma | L | MFC | 1.3 | III | 0 | 11 | 6.7 |
| 2 | M | 26 | 173 | 74.0 | Trauma | L | LFC | 2.4 | III | 1 | 24 | 6.6 |
| 3a | F | 21 | 152 | 42.8 | Trauma | L | Patella | 2.0 | IV | 0 | 60 | 6.4 |
| 4 | M | 45 | 169 | 87.0 | Trauma | L | MFC | 2.9 | IV | 1 | 12 | 6.3 |
| 5 | M | 30 | 169 | 52.2 | Trauma | L | MFC | 2.0 | IV | 0 | 3 | 6.1 |
| 6 | M | 42 | 167 | 74.6 | OA | L | MFC | 2.4 | III | 0 | 24 | 6.1 |
| 7 | M | 23 | 177 | 75.0 | Trauma | R | MFC | 1.6 | IV | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | F | 22 | 168 | 62.0 | Trauma | R | MFC | 3.8 | IV | 0 | 3 | 6.6 |
| 9 | F | 47 | 160 | 65.0 | OA | R | Patellar fossa | 2.8 | IV | 1 | 9 | 6.3 |
| Patella | 1.3 | |||||||||||
| MFC | 0.6 | |||||||||||
| 10a | F | 21 | 151 | 45.0 | Trauma | L | LFC | 2.0 | IV | 0 | 3 | 6.3 |
| 11 | M | 40 | 171 | 91.0 | Trauma | R | LFC | 4.9 | IV | 1 | 36 | 6 |
| 12 | F | 37 | 160 | 59.0 | Trauma | L | Patella | 4.1 | IV | 0 | 3 | 5.9 |
| Patellar fossa | 2.9 | |||||||||||
| 13 | F | 52 | 162 | 82.0 | OA | L | MFC | 11.3 | IV | 0 | 24 | 5.7 |
| 14 | F | 22 | 171 | 44.0 | Trauma | L | Patella | 4.2 | IV | 1 | 60 | 5.7 |
OA osteoarthritis, EP II the final evaluation time, LFC lateral femoral condyle, MFC medial femoral condyle
aReconstruction of medial patellofemoral ligament was performed simultaneously during the operation