INTRODUCTION Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the femoral condyle is a rare lesion. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study (level IV evidence) analyzing a series of 40 pediatric cases with juvenile femoral condyles osteochondritis treated by arthroscopic multiple transchondral drilling between February 1999 and June 2008 was undertaken. This lesion affected the medial condyle in 87.5% ...

INTRODUCTION Patellar damage during osteochondritis dissecans of the knee is rare. There were two objectives to this study: evaluate the functional results of surgical treatment by mosaicplasty in this disease as well as evaluate articular surface reconstruction and cylindrical bone plugs incorporation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six consecutive cases of patella osteochondritis dissecans in young ...

The case of a 15-year-old boy, a high-performance motocross rider, who developed bilateral osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow is described. Both lesions were successfully treated by Herbert screw internal fixation.

Osteochondritis dissecans lesions occur frequently in children and adolescents. Treatment can be challenging and depends on the status of the articular cartilage and subchondral bone. Injection of calcium phosphate bone substitute into the area of subchondral bone edema (Subchondroplasty; Knee Creations, West Chester, PA) may be an option. We present a case of a lateral tibial plateau osteochon...

Surgical management of osteochondritis dissecans of the knee is indicated when the ununited fragment remains persistently ununited and the knee becomes symptomatic and does not respond to conservative measures of rest and immobilization. Traditionally, arthrotomy was done and either bone peg grafts, with or without fixation, or excision of the fragment and drilling of the base of the crater wer...