Autograft OATS® Technique

Use the comprehensive OATS 2.0 system for immediate, precise, and reproducible autologous hyaline cartilage recovery.

Autograft OATS Products

Biologic Restoration

The autograft OATS procedure is ideal for small, contained lesions with subchondral bone damage and allows for easy integration with treating concomitant pathologies such as HTO, ACL reconstruction, or meniscal repair.

Autograft OATS, Reamer
Recipient Site Reamer, 8 mm

The OATS 2.0 system includes everything needed to recover and reimplant autologous cartilage plugs from 6 mm to 12 mm in diameter. Precise depth-stop reamers, with depth options of 8 mm and 13 mm, allow for a perfectly sized core for excellent fit and congruity with the surrounding articular cartilage.

Allograft precut cores are also available for use with the OATS 2.0 system for quick and efficient delivery of a precut OCA core.

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Bone Graft Harvester, 10 mm
Donor Harvester, 10 mm

Provide patients with a biologic osteochondral restoration option with the potential for faster return to activity compared to other procedures and a high rate of return to preinjury activity.1

Scientific Support for the Autograft OATS Technique

Double-plug autologous osteochondral transplantation shows equal functional outcomes compared with single-plug procedures in lesions of the talar dome: a minimum 5-year clinical follow-up

Haleem AM, Ross KA, Smyth NA, et al

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No difference in outcomes following osteochondral allograft with fresh precut cores...

Markus DH, Blaeser AM, Hurley ET, et al

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Long-term outcomes after osteochondral autograft transfer: a systematic review at mean follow-up of 10.2 years.

Pareek A, Reardon PJ, Maak TG, Levy BA, Stuart MJ, Krych AJ

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Return to sport after the surgical management of articular cartilage lesions in the knee: a meta-analysis.

Krych AJ, Pareek A, King AH, Johnson NR, Stuart MJ, Williams RJ 3rd

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Reimbursement and Claims Guidance

Arthrex reimbursement and claims support includes product-specific information about coding and billing scenarios that may be used for procedures that employ our products.

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Note: Information contained in this reimbursement guide is for educational and strategic planning purposes only.