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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Characteristics of chondral lesions

From: Long-term clinical results and MRI changes after autologous chondrocyte implantation in the knee of young and active middle aged patients

Defect characteristic

Acute traumatic injury

8/15

Osteochondritis dissecans

7/15

Total surface area, cm2

 Mean ± SD

5.08 ± 2.01

 Range

2–9

Defect location

 Medial femoral condyle

10/15

 Lateral femoral condyle

2/15

 Patella

2/15

 Tibial plate

1/15

  1. SD standard deviation