title: Cartilage Defect Treatments: With or without Cells? Mesenchymal Stem Cells or Chondrocytes? Traditional or Matrix-Assisted? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.
abstract: Articular cartilage defects have been addressed by using multiple strategies. In the last two decades, promising new strategies by using assorted scaffolds and cell sources to induce tissue regeneration have emerged, such as autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) and mesenchymal stem cell implantation (MSCI). However, it is still controversial in the clinical strategies when to choose these treatments. Thus, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analyses to compare the efficacy and safety of different cartilage treatments. In our study, 17 studies were selected to compare different treatments for cartilage defects. The results of meta-analyses indicated that cell-based cartilage treatments showed significant better efficacy than cell-free treatments did (OR: 4.27, 95% CI: 2.19-8.34; WMD: 10.11, 95% CI: 2.69-16.53). Another result indicated that MACT had significant better efficacy than traditional ACI did (OR: 0.49, 95% CI: 0.30-0.82). Besides, the incidence of graft hypertrophy of MACT was slightly lower than that of traditional ACI (OR: 2.43, 95% CI: 1.00-5.94). Current data showed that the cell-based treatments and MACT are better options for cartilage treatments, but more well-designed comparative studies are still needed to enhance our understanding of different treatments for cartilage defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University, School of Medicine, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
authors.forename: Zhantao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University, School of Medicine, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
authors.forename: Jiewen
authors.initials: J
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authors.lastname: Zhao
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authors.forename: Haidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
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