title: Osteochondral lesions of the ankle joint in professional soccer players: treatment with autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis.
abstract: Acute and recurrent ankle sprains and other trauma to the ankle joint are common injuries in soccer and can be accompanied by or result in osteochondral lesions of the ankle joint, majorly of the talus. Conservative treatment frequently fails. Several operative treatment techniques exist; however, the choice of the right procedure is difficult due to lack of literature with a high level of evidence. We present our treatment method for acute and chronic ankle osteochondral lesions with cystic formation approached by a new surgical technique combining bone plasty and a collagen matrix (autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis).
  
  
  METHODS
  Therapeutic, Level IV: Case series.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (VV, AB, MW)Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE (AA) victor.valderrabano@usb.ch.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valderrabano
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (VV, AB, MW)Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE (AA).
authors.forename: Alexej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barg
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (VV, AB, MW)Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE (AA).
authors.forename: Abdulhameed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alattar
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (VV, AB, MW)Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE (AA).
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiewiorski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D000843:Ankle Joint; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000293:injuries*; D020219:Chondrogenesis; D003094:Collagen; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D012916:Soccer; D044005:Tetrahydroisoquinolines; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D044005:Tetrahydroisoquinolines; C118027:Tic(5) didemnin B; D003094:Collagen
keywords: AMIC; osteochondral lesion; soccer; talus