Aim JointRep is a bioadhesive hydrogel arthroscopically injected to facilitate cartilage
regeneration. The cost-effectiveness of JointRep with microfracture surgery compared to …

Objectives: Knee cartilage damage is a common cause of referral for orthopedic surgery.
Treatment aims to reduce pain and symptoms by repairing cartilage. Microfracture, the …

Introduction Until recently, treatment options for damage to cartilage in the knee were limited
to the use of microfracture or, occasionally, mosaicplasty. The developments of autologous …

Aims For patients with cartilage defects of the knee, a new biocompatible and in situ cross-
linkable albumin-hyaluronan-based hydrogel has been developed for matrix-associated …

Background: Numerous surgical options exist to treat chondral lesions in the knee, including
microfracture (MFx), osteochondral autograft transplantation (OAT), first-generation …

Purpose Focal cartilage defects in the knee may have devastating effect on the knee joint,
where two of the main surgical treatment options are microfracture and autologous …

Background: Multiple techniques have been suggested for the treatment of isolated knee
articular cartilage injuries. For smaller lesions (< 2-5 cm2), microfracture and osteochondral …

Background: Knee cartilage lesions increase the risk of developing osteoarthritis (OA), and
may eventually result in a total knee replacement (TKR). There is currently no consensus on …

Background: Articular cartilage damage is caused by traumatic sport accidents or age-
related degeneration and might lead to osteoarthritis, which represents a socioeconomic …

Objective The objective of this study is to establish which patient and lesion characteristics
are related to the clinical outcome after microfracture of cartilage defects in the knee. Study …