Editorial commentary: osteoarticular transplant outcomes may deteriorate over time.

Lubowitz, James H · Arthroscopy · 2015

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Osteoarticular (OA) transplant hyaline cartilage may deteriorate, and ultimately result in "fibrocartilage" at 2 years. Long-term OA transplant outcomes may be inferior to autologous chondrocyte transplantation, yet this conclusion is based on a single, prospective comparative study. The promise of an ideally conceived, tissue-engineered, OA transplantation graft remains distant.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy