"As with other chondral repair and reconstruction techniques, autologous chondrocyte implantation can be assessed with MR imaging and includes the evaluation of defect filling, the peripheral integration and morphologic characteristics of cartilage and subchondral bone as well as the assessment of the donor site. MRI sequences most commonly used for the evaluation of cartilage are proton density-weighted, intermediate weighted images and T2 weighted images with and without fat saturation and 3D images 4,5."
Expected headings
"History"
"Radiographic features"
"MRI"
"Radiological report"
"Outcome"
"arthroscopic harvesting of chondrocytes usually from non-weight bearing, low contact pressure areas (e.g. lateral margins of the intercondylar notch)"
"signal characteristics, structure and thickness of the graft cartilage"
"Autologous chondrocyte implantation has shown satisfactory clinical results with improvement of pain, function and mobility over a long-term follow up of 10 years on average 5."