SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented here showed fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation yielded a low rate of complications and a high rate of return to sports in patients with unstable capitellar osteochondritis dissecans.
Among 24 patients with unstable capitellar osteochondritis dissecans who underwent fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation in 26 elbows, S. Clifton Willimon, MD, and colleagues found 81% and 96% of patients returned to sport at 1 year and 2 years after surgery, respectively.
“We were fortunate to have all but one of the patients complete 2-year