The use of injectable orthobiologics for knee osteoarthritis: A formal ESSKA-ORBIT consensus. Part 2-Cell-based therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) formal consensus aims to provide evidence- and expert opinion-based recommendations for the use of point-of-care- and expanded-cell-based therapy (CBT) in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA), focusing on indications, preparation, and administration.

Methods

A multidisciplinary group of 77 leading experts in musculoskeletal regenerative medicine from 22 European Countries formed a steering group, a rating group, and a reader group. The steering group developed 23 questions, originating from 27 statements. The statements were graded from A (high-level scientific evidence) to D (expert opinion). The question-statement sets were scored by the rating group from 1 to 9 according to the

SUBMITTER: de Girolamo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12582236 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature