title: [Treatment of a partial avascular necrosis of a metacarpal head (Morbus Mauclaire Dieterich's Disease) utilizing the ostechondral autograft transfer system (OATS) technique].
abstract: The OATS (osteochondral autograft transfer system) is a standardized technique for the treatment of aseptic osteonecrosis of the knee and ankle. We show the first use and successful course of the OAT System for the treatment of a partial aseptic necrosis of a metacarpal head.
authors.affiliation: Katholische Kliniken im Kreis Kleve, St. Antonius Hospital, Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Kleve.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: L-O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Brandenburg
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed