title: Navigation-guided transfer of cartilage defect geometry for arthroscopic autologous chondrocyte transplantation.
abstract: Cartilage repair with autologous chondrocyte transplantation shows intriguing results. Chondrogenic transplants generally must be inserted into cartilage defects via arthrotomy. The following study showed that arthroscopically-guided navigation could detect and precisely measure the cartilage defect sizes of different geometries. The new cartilage defect-managing module allowed for the precise transfer of navigated cartilage defect geometries for exact size preparation of the tissue engineering scaffolds. Therefore, navigation can help accomplish chondrocyte transplantation arthroscopically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Angele
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fritz
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous