Table 1.
Patient and harvest characteristics
| Author | Year | No. of patients | Age, years | Follow-up, months | Harvest method | Donor site | Side | No. of grafts | Graft diameter, mm | Graft depth, mm | Use of fillers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee-to-elbow osteochondral autologous transplantation (N = 128) | |||||||||||
| Yamamoto | 2006 | 18 | 14 | 42 | Arthroscopy | Lateral intercondylar notch or lateral side of the PF joint | – | 1–3 | 5–9 | 10 | No |
| Iwasaki | 2007 | 11 | 14 | 26 | Arthrotomy | Superolateral FC | Contralateral | 3.4 (2–5) | 2.6–6.0 | 10–15 | Bone wax |
| Ovesen | 2011 | 10 | 18 | 30 | Arthrotomy | Superolateral FC | Ipsilateral | – | – | – | No |
| Nishimura | 2011 | 12 | 14 | 34 | – | Superolateral FC | Contralateral | 2.1 (1–3) | 6–8 | – | Bone graft from capitellum |
| Kosaka | 2013 | 19 | 14 | 59 | – | None-weight bearing areas FC | – | – | – | – | No |
| Maruyama | 2014 | 33 | 14 | 28 | Arthrotomy | Superolateral FC | Ipsilateral | 1.8 (1–3) | 7 (5–9) | 14 (9–20) | No |
| Weigelt | 2015 | 14 | 18 | 84 | Arthrotomy | Superolateral FC | Ipsilateral | 1 | 8–11 | – | No |
| Lyons | 2015 | 11 | 15 | 23 | Arthrotomy | Lateral trochlear ridge FC | Ipsilateral | – | – | – | Tru-Fit plug if diameter > 10 mm or 2 × 8 mm |
| Rib-to-elbow Osteochondral Autologous Transplantation (N = 62) | |||||||||||
| Sato | 2008 | 14 | 16 | 22 | Open | 5th/6th costal-osteochondral junction | Ipsilateral | 1–2 | – | – | No |
| Shimada | 2012 | 26 | 16 | 36 | Open | 5th/6th costal-osteochondral junction | Ipsilateral | 1–1.5 | – | 18 | No |
| Nishinaka | 2014 | 22 | 14 | 27 | Open | 6th costal-osteochondral junction | ‘Right side’ | – | – | 20 | No |
PF patellofemoral, FC femoral condyle