AANA Industry Learning Vault-Smith+Nephew CARTIHEAL AGILI-C Clinical Cases: Male, 32 years old

Smith+Nephew CARTIHEAL AGILI-C Clinical Cases: Male, 32 years old

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Elisabetta Kohn presents an early clinical-study case involving a highly active 32-year-old man with an osteochondral lesion, severe cartilage loss, and prior surgery and bone grafting. He was treated with two osteochondral plugs. Follow-up MRIs showed cartilage coverage developing by six months and nearing completion at one year. Over time, bone progressively grew into and matured within the implants; by five years, nearly all of the bony portion was filled with mature bone. Kohn is awaiting the patient’s eight-year MRI to see how the implants have changed.

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Elizaveta Kon, M.D.

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Concept Osteochondral Repair

Concept Osteochondral Defect

Concept Osteochondral Plug

Concept Metal Replacement

Concept Postoperative MRI

Keywords

osteochondral lesion

cartilage repair

bone grafting

MRI follow-up

osteochondral plugs

Osteochondral Repair

Osteochondral Defect

Osteochondral Plug

Metal Replacement

Postoperative MRI