Internal fixation of the fragment of osteochondritis dissecans in the hip using bone transplants. A report of two cases.
Two patients with osteochondritis dissecans of the hip were operated on and their case histories are presented. The relatively large foci were situated on the weight-bearing surface of the joint and the fragments were fixed using transplants of cortical bone. In both cases the focus healed, and the symptoms were relieved. At follow-up six and nine years later respectively, the clinical results were good and no signs of osteoarthritis had as yet developed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000601:surgery; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous