Table 3.

Demographic details of all studies included in review

Ref.	Population	Indication	Location	Patient no.	No. of knees	Mean age (yr)	Mean follow up	Failure rate
Bakay et al[6]	-	Osteoarthritis; post-traumatic; OCD; chondromalacia	MFC, LFC, T, P, bipolar	18	33	48	19 mo	-
Ghazavi et al[30]	Young, active patients	Post-traumatic	MFC, LFC, T, bipolar, P	123	126	35	7.5 yr	15%
Langer et al[4]	Young, active patients	Post-traumatic; OCD; osteonecrosis; osteoarthritis	MFC, LFC	60	60	27	10 yr	20%
Gross et al[5]	Young, active patients	Tibial plateaus fractures	T	65	65	42.8	11.8 yr	32%
Jamali et al[35]	-	Post-traumatic; patella subluxation; primary patellofemoral arthrosis; primary chondromalacia patellae	P, FT	18	20		94 mo	28%
Colangeli et al[31]	-	Proximal tibia bone tumour	T	8	8	23.1	37 mo	-
Davidson et al[19]	-	OCD; post-traumatic	MFC, FT	8	10	32.6	40 mo	-
Emmerson et al[24]	-	OCD	MFC, LFC	64	66	28.6	7.7 yr	15%
McCulloch et al[21]	-	Degenerative; post-traumatic; OCD; osteonecrosis	MFC, LFC	25	25	35	35 mo	4%
Williams et al[8]	-	Full-thickness cartilage defect; OCD; osteonecrosis	MFC, LFC	19	19	34	48 mo	21%
Pearsall et al[3]	-	Full-thickness cartilage defect	MFC, LFC, FT, P	48	24 allografts	46	37.1 mo	19%
Muscolo et al[32]	-	Proximal tibia bone tumour; previous allograft failure	T	52	58	24	10.3 yr	39%
Krych et al[28]	Athletes	Post-traumatic; non-traumatic focal chondral and osteochondral lesion; OCD	MFC, LFC, FT, multiple sites	43	43	32.9	2.5 yr	-
Murphy et al[27]	Pediatric and adolescent population	OCD; avascular necrosis; post-traumatic; osteochondral fracture; degenerative lesion	MFC, LFC, FT, P, T, multiple sites	39	43	16.4	8.4 yr	12%
Raz et al[29]	Young, active patients	Post-traumatic; OCD	MFC, LFC	58	58	28	21.8 yr	22%

MFC: Medial femoral condyle; LFC: Lateral femoral condyle; FT: Femoral trochlea; P: Patella; T: Tibia; OCD: Osteochondritis dissecans.