Arthroscopic Minced Cartilage Implantation for Chondral Lesions at the Talus: A Technical Note.

ABSTRACT: In the past few years, autologous chondrocyte implantation has been shown to be the most suitable cartilage reconstructive technique with the best tissue quality. Although this method is part of the standard surgical repertoire in the knee joint, it has so far not been an established method in the ankle because there are no prospective randomized controlled studies to prove a significant advantage over alternative methods of cartilage repair. The methods most frequently used in this context (e.g., marrow stimulation techniques) can, however, at most generate hyaline-like and thus biomechanically inferior regenerates. Minced cartilage implantation, on the other hand, is a relatively simple and cost-effective 1-step procedure with promising biological potential and-at least in the knee joint

SUBMITTER: Roth KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8085507 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature