What Is Cartilage Repair?
What Is Cartilage Repair?
Cartilage repair is a general term encompassing a number of different surgical procedures designed to heal cartilage damage by filling the cartilage defect with repair tissue or new cartilage. This includes techniques such as microfracture, osteochondral autograft transfer (also known as OATS or Mosaicplasty), osteochondral allograft transplantation and autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI / Carticel). The choice of procedure depends on the size and location of the defect.