BACKGROUND:Ful-thickness articular cartilage injury is notoriously difficult to be treated in the fields of orthopedics and sports medicine. Al ogeneic bone and cartilage transplantation can offer a transparent cartilage with biological activity and biomechanical properties to repair ful-thickness articular cartilage defects. Al ogeneic osteochondral grafts from osteochondral tissue bank are adequate, and have a good prospect in the treatment of articular cartilage defects.
OBJECTIVE:To summarize the drawn materials, preservation, quality control and clinical monitoring of al ogeneic osteochondral grafts supported by the osteochondral tissue bank.
METHODS:The first author searched PubMed and CNKI for the relevant articles published before 2013 using the key words of“tissue bank, knee, articular cartilage, preservation, transplantation”in English and Chinese, respectively. After retrieval, we summarized the drawn materials, preservation, quality control and clinical monitoring of al ogeneic osteochondral grafts supported by the osteochondral tissue bank.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Nineteen of 194 retrieved articles were enrol ed according to inclusive and exclusive criteria. The results show that al ogeneic bone and cartilage transplantation is an ef ective method for the treatment of articular cartilage defects, and the establishment of the osteochondral tissue bank can provide safe and active tissues for the treatment of articular cartilage defects. Now, the osteochondral tissue bank is stil in the initial stage.