TY - JOUR T1 - Foreign-Body Giant-Cell Reaction at the Donor Site After Autologous Osteochondral Transplant for Cartilaginous LesionA Case Report AU - Longo, Umile Giuseppe AU - Franceschi, Francesco AU - Ruzzini, Laura AU - Rabitti, Carla AU - Maffulli, Nicola AU - Denaro, Vincenzo Y1 - 2009/04/01 N1 - 10.2106/JBJS.H.00224 JO - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery SP - 945 EP - 949 VL - 91 IS - 4 N2 - Osteochondral autograft transfer procedures involve taking small cylindrical grafts from areas of decreased weight-bearing in the knee and transferring them to accurately prepared recipient defect sites2,3. These techniques have the advantages of ready availability of donor cartilage and use of native hyaline cartilage containing active, mature chondrocytes4. SN - 0021-9355 M3 - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00224 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.H.00224 ER -