title: Autogenous osteochondral graft transplantation for steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle: A report of three young patients.
abstract: Steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle is a relatively uncommon condition and is often difficult to select appropriate treatment especially in young patients. Three young men (aged 25, 18, and 24) presented with severe pain and dysfunction of the knee diagnosed as steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle by magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs). Full-thickness cartilage defects sized 20 × 10, 15 × 10, and 30 × 20 mm respectively were classified as International Cartilage Repair Society Grade IV lesions and treated with osteochondral autograft transplantation. They were treated successfully with osteochondral autograft transplantation certificated by post-operative MRI and second look arthroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan. kurodar@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Norifumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Kazunari
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authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Yuichi
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authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
authors.forename: Masahiro
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authors.lastname: Kurosaka
authors.forename: Ryosuke
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authors.lastname: Kuroda