Knee donor-site morbidity after mosaicplasty - a systematic review

Andrade R, Vasta S, Pereira R, et al. · Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Pooled donor-site morbidity was 5.9% when treating knee defects and 19.6% for ankle defects; commonest problems were patellofemoral symptoms and crepitus. Morbidity did not correlate with defect size.

Population

1,726 patients (21 studies) donating osteochondral plugs from the knee for knee or ankle defects

Intervention

Mosaicplasty donor-site harvest

Comparator

None

Limitations

Underlying studies heterogeneous and mostly retrospective; morbidity definitions varied widely (0-50% across studies).