Table 2.

Characteristics and management of femoral chondral defects

Patient number	Femoral quadrant location	Lesion area (mm2)	Lesion dimension (mm)	History of subluxation	MRI identified	MRI finding	Management	Primary activity	Followup	Tegner-Lysholm
1	ps	165	15 × 11	No	Yes	Defect	MF	Tennis	72 months	9
2	ps	120	10 × 12	Yes	No	No	MF	Power lifter	24 months	6
3	ps/as	513	27 × 19	Yes	No	No	MF	Hurdler	38 months	6
4	ps	96	8 × 12	Yes	Yes	Defect, edema	MF	American football	20 months	9
5	ps	150	10 × 15	Yes	Yes	Defect, edema	MF	American football	41 months	9
6	ps	112	8 × 14	No	Yes	Defect, cystic, edema	MF	Hockey goal tender	12 months	5
7	ps	180	2 × 2 with large cyst underneath, after unroofing defect 12 × 15 mm	No	Yes	Large cyst under small defect	AMIC	Butcher	2 years	7
8	ps	300	20 × 15	No	Yes	Defect, edema	AMIC	Karate	1 year	9
9	ps	48	12 × 4	No	Yes	Defect	MF	Ice skater	2 years	6
10	ps	164	2 × 2 with cyst, after unroofing 12 × 14 mm	No	Yes	Defect	AMIC	Soccer	No followup, but 2 years	8

ps = posterosuperior; as = anterosuperior; MF = microfracture; AMIC = autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis.