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- Intact articular cartilage is crucial for joint health, and effective local repairs are essential to restore joint balance.
- The main cells involved in cartilage repair are chondrocytes and chondrogenic cells sourced from various tissues like bone and fat.
- Current trends favor one-stage surgical procedures, making them more appealing due to easier regulatory compliance, and this review covers both nonoperative and surgical repair options for cartilage lesions.
Article Abstract
Abstract: Intact articular cartilage plays a vital role in joint homeostasis. Local cartilage repairs, where defects in the cartilage matrix are filled in and sealed to congruity, are therefore important treatments to restore a joint equilibrium. The base for all cartilage repairs is the cells; either chondrocytes or chondrogeneic cells from bone, synovia and fat tissue. The surgical options include bone marrow stimulation techniques alone or augmented with scaffolds, chondrogeneic cell implantations and osteochondral auto- or allografts. The current trend is to choose one-stage procedures being easier to use from a regulatory point of view. This narrative review provides an overview of the current nonoperative and surgical options available for the repair of various cartilage lesions.
Level Of Evidence: Level IV.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10985633 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeo2.12016 | DOI Listing |
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