Cartilage Restoration (eBook)

Jack Farr, MD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cartilage Restoration Center of Indiana, Greenwood, IN, USAAndreas H. Gomoll, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA

The Evolution of Cartilage Restoration.- The Osteochondral Unit: The Importance of the Underlying Subchondral Bone.- Imaging in Cartilage Restoration.- “A Unifying Theory” Treatment Algorithm for Cartilage Defects.- Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee.- Tibiofemoral Malalignment.- Meniscal Considerations in Cartilage Surgery.- Patholaxity (Ligamentous) Issues.- Patellofemoral Issues.- Staging and Practical Issues in Complex Cases.- Orthobiologics: Today and Tomorrow.- The Regulatory Environment for Emerging Cartilage Repair Technologies.- The Role of Stem Cells in Surgical Repair.- The Role of MSCs for non-surgical Treatment of OA.- Debridement.- Marrow Stimulation and Augmentation .- Augmented Marrow Stimulation for Cartilage Repair.- Osteochondral Autograft Transfer.- Osteochondral Allograft.- Perforated Allograft Cartilage.- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI).- Arthroscopic Matrix-Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation.- Particulated Cartilage Auto- and Allograft.- Cell-free scaffolds for the treatment of chondral and osteochondral lesions.- Osteotomy for Tibiofemoral Malalignment.- Patellofemoral Osteotomies.- Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Techniques.-  Meniscal Augmentation and Replacement (Menaflex, Actifit, Nusurface).- Unloading devices.- Emerging technologies in cartilage repair.