Bone-cartilage defect

Bone-cartilage defect: treatment options
Cartilage-bone defects can be caused by injuries, overloading, or degenerative processes. Depending on the size and location of the defect, various reconstructive procedures which replace the damaged area with the body's own cartilage and bone tissue.
In our department we offer innovative Transplantation methods such as the OATS procedure, the Mega-OATS transfer and Treatment options for unicompartmental osteoarthritis to.
OATS (Osteochondral Autologous Transplantation System)
Treatment principle
The Cartilage-bone cylinder are taken from a less stressed area of the knee joint and implanted into the damaged area to restore the original structure.
Areas of application
This technique is used not only on the knee joint, but also on other joints How:
✔ Upper ankle joint
✔ Shoulder
✔ Elbow
Individual therapy for sustainable cartilage and joint preservation
Use of state-of-the-art transplantation procedures
Targeted axis corrections to relieve the joint

Mega OATS
Very large bone-cartilage defects in the area of the main load-bearing zone of the femoral condyles can no longer be treated with individual small cartilage-bone cylinders.
Treatment principle
Unicompartmental osteoarthritis
✔ Medial compartment (inside)
✔ Lateral compartment (outside)
✔ Retropatellar compartment (patellar joint)
If complete cartilage loss occurs in one of these areas, it is referred to as unicompartmental osteoarthritis. In these cases, the cartilage replacement procedures mentioned above are no longer possible.
Treatment options
- Leg axis correction: If there is a misalignment of the leg axis, surgical axis correction can relieve pressure on the damaged compartment and reduce symptoms.
- Partial joint replacement: In selected cases, we perform a (partial) joint replacement instead of replacing the entire knee joint.

Targeted cartilage therapy for long-term joint health!
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+49-(0)89 4140-7840
sportortho@mri.tum.de
House 524
Ismaninger Str. 22
81675 Munich