Cartilage repair: current and emerging options in treatment.
Currently, there are many options in cartilage repair. These cartilage repair techniques can generally be categorized into 3 groups: marrow stimulation-based techniques, osteochondral transfer techniques, and cell-based cartilage repair techniques. This review article presents an overview of these techniques, indications for usage, advantages and disadvantages of each, and a current review of applications in foot and ankle surgery.
Clair
Benjamin L
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Department of Orthopaedics, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. benjamin.clair@gmail.com
Johnson
Adam R
AR
Howard
Timothy
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D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation