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The tibiofibular articulation is located close to the knee joint that is operated on. This articulation is covered with cartilage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether this joint is suitable as a donor site for osteochondral grafts. Ten human knee specimens were freed of all soft tissues around the proximal calf. The age of the specimens ranged between 58 and 79 years. Next the tibiofibular articulation was identified, and both the ligaments and the capsule were removed. After opening the joint the tibial\u2010 and fibular\u2010sided joint surfaces were inspected and measured. In all specimens the articular surfaces showed good cartilage coverage. In only a single joint did the cartilage macroscopically show degeneration. In all other joints the cartilage surface was in surprisingly good condition, especially considering the age of the specimens. The average diameter of the cartilage surface on the tibial side was 1.7 \u00b1 0.26 \u00d7 1.9 \u00b1 0.22\u00a0cm and on the fibular side 1.6 \u00b1 0.31 \u00d7 1.8 \u00b1 0.32\u00a0cm. This results in an area of cartilage for transplantation of 3.23\u00a0cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> at the tibia and of 2.88\u00a0cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> at the fibula. The total area for cartilage transplantation is 6.11\u00a0cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>. The tibiofibular joint contains cartilage, which may be a reasonable donor site even for the elderly patient. Harvesting the graft from this area may avoid iatrogenic damaging of intra\u2010articular weight\u2010bearing cartilage of the knee joint.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s001670000122","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2003,12,2]],"date-time":"2003-12-02T16:15:32Z","timestamp":1070381732000},"page":"237-240","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Is there an option for harvesting autologous osteochondral grafts without damaging weight\u2010bearing areas in the knee joint?"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"J.","family":"Jerosch","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"<!--<label>1<\/label>--> Department of Orthopedic Surgery Johanna\u2010Etienne\u2010Hospital Am Hasenberg 46 41462 Neuss Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"T.","family":"Filler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"<!--<label>2<\/label>--> Institute of Anatomy Westfalian Wilhelms University M\u00fcnster Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"E.","family":"Peuker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"<!--<label>2<\/label>--> Institute of Anatomy Westfalian Wilhelms University M\u00fcnster Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2000,7]]},"container-title":["Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s001670000122.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s001670000122\/fulltext.html","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1007\/s001670000122","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,19]],"date-time":"2025-10-19T12:09:30Z","timestamp":1760875770000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1007\/s001670000122"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2000,7]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2000,7]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1007\/s001670000122"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s001670000122","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0942-2056","1433-7347"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0942-2056","type":"print"},{"value":"1433-7347","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2000,7]]}}}