mosaicplasty

Mosaicplasty

Harvest site

 

Option 1

- lateral and medial aspect femoral trochlea

 

Option 2

- intercondylar notch

 

Mosaicplasty Harvest Site

 

Option 3

- allograft

- can take larger grafts without donor site risk

 

Size

 

Capitellar OCD

Epidemiology

 

Adolescents & young adults

 

Usually between 12 - 21 years 

 

Throwing athletes / gymnasts

 

Little Leaguer's Elbow

- combination of capitellar OCD and MCL injury

- a repetitive throwing injury / seen in pitchers

 

Aetiology

 

1.  Trauma & Overuse

 

Common throwing sports / gymnastics

OCD

DefinitionTalus OCD MRI Coronal

 

Fracture talus through articular cartilage into subchondral bone

- 2° force transmitted from distal tibia

 

Osteochondritis dissecans v osteochondral fracture

 

Epidemiology

 

6% ankle sprains

Average age = 25 

M > F

 

Location