Autograft OATS® Technique
The Single-Use Autograft OATS® set facilitates harvesting of 6, 8, 10, or 12 mm osteochondral cartilage cylinders from a donor site superior and lateral to the notch or above the sulcus terminalis. A recipient socket, sized to the appropriate depth, is created in the chondral defect to accept the donor graft. The bone plug is inserted with the collared pin delivery system for press-fit fixation. The completely disposable, size-specific system includes a recipient reamer, donor harvester, alignment rod, tamp, graft delivery tube, core extruder for controlled push-in core insertion, and optional graft driver.