TY - JOUR
T1 - Arthroscopic Treatment of Medial Femoral Knee Osteochondral Defect Using Subchondroplasty and Chitosan-Based Scaffold
AU - Holt, Kelsey
AU - Sorhaindo, Mark
AU - Coady, Catherine
AU - Wong, Ivan Ho Bun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Arthroscopy Association of North America
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Osteochondral defects of the knee are highly common, cause significant pain, and reduce function. Standard articular cartilage repair treatments include microfracture alone or in conjunction with subchondroplasty or CarGel (chitosan-based scaffold) application (Piramal Life Sciences). Combining such cartilage regenerative techniques with microfracture yields better long-term outcomes than microfracture alone. The purpose of this Technical Note was to describe the surgical technique of applying CarGel after subchondroplasty and microfracture to repair a medial femoral knee osteochondral defect.
AB - Osteochondral defects of the knee are highly common, cause significant pain, and reduce function. Standard articular cartilage repair treatments include microfracture alone or in conjunction with subchondroplasty or CarGel (chitosan-based scaffold) application (Piramal Life Sciences). Combining such cartilage regenerative techniques with microfracture yields better long-term outcomes than microfracture alone. The purpose of this Technical Note was to describe the surgical technique of applying CarGel after subchondroplasty and microfracture to repair a medial femoral knee osteochondral defect.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eats.2018.11.022
DO - 10.1016/j.eats.2018.11.022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063964542
SN - 2212-6287
VL - 8
SP - e413-e418
JO - Arthroscopy Techniques
JF - Arthroscopy Techniques
IS - 4
ER -