VIDEO: Several patient factors may cause osteochondral allograft transplantation failure
Key takeaways:
- Age, lesion size and degenerative diagnosis were associated with higher rates of osteochondral allograft failure.
- These variables may have a main effect when controlling for other variables.
SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented here showed an association between older patient age, degenerative diagnosis and larger graft size with higher risk of failure after osteochondral allograft transplantation for articular cartilage lesions.
“With this research, our goal is to help surgeons and patients understand who would be a good candidate for this procedure and to identify ways that we can do better and improve our outcomes,” Tim Wang, MD, FAAOS, of Scripps Clinic, told Healio about results that received a Top Paper Award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.
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Wang T, et al. Paper 1. Presented at: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting; Feb. 12-16, 2024; San Francisco.
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