"One-step Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Transplantation in Talar Osteochondral Lesions"

"120 ml of venous blood will be collected for the platelet gel production. The day of the surgery, 60 ml of bone marrow will be aspirate from the posterior iliac crest and concentrated. a standard ankle arthroscopy will be performed, with the patient in the supine position. The lesion will be detected and cleaned.~An equine collagen type 1 scaffold (IOR-G1, Novagenit, Mezzolombardo, TN, Italy) will be loaded with 2 ml of bone marrow concentrate and cut into an appropriate shape to fit the lesion.~After the scaffold implantation 2 ml of platelet gel will be loaded on the top of implant, in order to provide growth factors and to improve the stability of the implant."