Matching of Articular Surface Shape of Selected Donor and Recipient Sites for Cylindrical Osteochondral Grafts of the Femur -Quantitative Evaluation using a Three Dimensional Laser Scanner

摘要

Objectives:Autogenous osteochondral grafting has been widely performed as the treatment of the focal osteochondral defects. In this procedure, it is ideal and important to match the articular surface shape between the donor and recipient site to reproduce the original articular surface of the femur. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate the ideal matching pattern of the articular surface profile between the donor and recipient site of the femur using a three dimensional (3D) laser scanning method.