Report on the 2nd symposium of the International Cartilage Repair Society.
The articular cartilage is a unique tissue and a functional articular cartilage is critical to proper joint function. The inability of the articular cartilage to heal traumatic defects with a similar quality tissue has been appreciated since the time of hippocrates. Although a variety of surgical procedures have been developed over the past 50 years in attempt to overcome this treatment challenge, none has been successful in achieving regeneration of normal articular cartilage. It is these treatment challenges that form the reasoning behind the formation of the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) and her 2nd annual symposium is presented.
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Department of Surgery, UCH, Ibadan.
D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D014945:Wound Healing