Distal Femoral Fresh Osteochondral Allografts: Follow-up at a Mean of Twenty-two Years

Raz G, Safir OA, Backstein DJ, et al. · The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume

Kaplan-Meier graft survival of 91% at 10 years, 84% at 15, 69% at 20, and 59% at 25 years; surviving grafts had good function (mean HSS 86).

Population

63 patients with post-traumatic distal femoral defects treated with fresh OCA (Toronto), mean 21.8-year follow-up

Intervention

Fresh osteochondral allograft

Comparator

None

Limitations

Retrospective, single-center, mostly young post-traumatic patients; 13 revisions and 9 arthroplasty conversions.