Chondrectomy--Review of Surgical Instrumentation and its Effectiveness.

Unlabelled: ΒACKGROUND: To present surgical instrumentation used in knee chondrectomy and evaluate its effectiveness - a review of the literature. Surgical removal of joint cartilage, or chondrectomy, has been performed by orthopedists since the 1950s. Initially carried out as an open surgery, it has generally come to be performed arthroscopically.