Current Strategies for Knee Cartilage Repair

Nick Kalson (1) , Panagiotis Gikas (2) , Timothy Briggs (2)

1 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
2 Bone Tumour Service

Defects in knee articular cartilage can cause pain and disability and present the clinician with an extremely challenging clinical situation. This article describes the most up-to-date surgical techniques that aim to repair and/or regenerate symptomatic focal defects in articular cartilage, which include arthroscopic debridement, microfracture bone marrow stimulation and autologous osteochondral allografting, with an emphasis on autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI). In the future, refinement of tissue engineering approaches promises to further improve outcome for these patients.

Mots clés: Medicine

Nick Kalson, Panagiotis Gikas, Timothy Briggs. Current Strategies for Knee Cartilage Repair. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2010, 64 (10), pp.1444. ⟨10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02420.x⟩. ⟨hal-00566327⟩