Background Osteochondral lesions (OCLs) of the tibial plafond (OLTPs) are rare, and few studies provide treatment recommendations. We describe two cases of an OLTP that were treated with retrograde osteochondral autograft. Case Reports The first case was a 27-year-old basketball player and the second case was a 38-year-old soccer player. We harvested osteochondral autografts from the nonweigh...

Background/Introduction Replacement of the aortic valve or aortic root with a pulmonary autograft (Ross procedure) and replacement of the pulmonary valve with a pulmonary allograft or xenograft and is now a widely used technique for the treatment of aortic valve disease in the children and young adult. Excellent short and midterm results have been demonstrated but there is continuing concern ab...

Pulmonary autograft replacement of the aortic valve, the “Ross procedure,” involves transplantation of the native pulmonary valve into the aortic position and reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract with a cryopreserved pulmonary or aortic homograft. In any surgeon’s hands this operation is technically challenging and successful performance of the Ross procedure requires strategie...

IntrOductIOn Treatment of large osseous bone defects is challenging. Autologous bone grafting is still the “biologic gold standard” against which all other forms are judged. Autograft enhances union by providing osteoconductive, osteoinductive and osteoprogenitor material to the fracture, nonunion and osseous defects. Unfortunately finite amount of graft available from each individual and addit...

Objective(s): Peripheral nerves are commonly damaged. Although the nerve autograft still subsists the gold standard in surgery of nerve injury gaps, it has severe detriment. The egg shell membrane (ESM) is a natural material, which has a great potential in practice. The aim of this survey was to appraise the effect of lycopene and the ESM nerve guidance channel on scia...

PURPOSE To compare outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with hamstring autograft versus soft-tissue allograft by systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS A systematic review of randomized controlled studies comparing hamstring autograft with soft-tissue allograft in ACL reconstruction was performed. Studies were identified by strict inclusion and exclusion criteria....

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures are common among active individuals. The avascular structure of ligaments prevents natural healing; therefore, reconstructive surgery is often performed. Current surgical options include use of either an autograft composed of the patient’s hamstring tendons or bonepatellar tendon-bone complex (BPTB), or an allograft composed of a cadaver BPTB. Despite i...

Aortic root replacement has been described extensively for aortic allograft or pulmonary autograft insertion.1,2 One of the critical issues of this technique is the correct reimplantation of the coronary artery buttons. Kinking or torsion of the coronary arteries may lead to intraoperative hemodynamic problems or to delayed symptoms including angina pectoris and/or limited exercise tolerance ow...

The objective of this pilot study was to examine the usefulness of limbal autograft transplantation (LCAT) in the treatment of recurrent pterygium. Eleven eyes with advanced recurrent pterygium underwent LCAT. All eyes were previously treated at least two times either by simple excision (10) or conjunctival rotation autograft (1). In two eyes (18.18%) symblepharon was present at the time of sur...

BACKGROUND To determine if tibial tunnel reaming during anatomic single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using hamstring autograft can result in anterolateral meniscal root injury, as diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS A case series of 104 primary anatomic single-bundle ACL reconstructions using hamstring autograft was retrospectively reviewed. Pre- a...