| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| ABBM | Anorganic Bovine Bone Mineral |
| BMAC | Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate |
| BMP | Bone Morphogenetic Protein |
| CHBG | Collagenated Heterologous Bone Grafts |
| GAG | Glycosaminoglycan |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation |
| HA | Hyaluronic Acid |
| HAPLN1 | Hyaluronan and Proteoglycan Link Protein 1 |
| hUCB-MSCs | Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells |
| ICRS CRA | International Cartilage Repair Society Cartilage Repair Assessment |
| IKDC | International Knee Documentation Committee |
| JBI | Joanna Briggs Institute |
| micro-CT | Micro-computed Tomography |
| MIS | Minimally Invasive Surgery |
| MSCs | Mesenchymal Stem Cells |
| OA | Osteoarthritis |
| PCL | Poly-ε-caprolactone |
| PICO | Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| ROB-2 | Risk of Bias Tool for Randomized Trials |
| ROBINS-I | Risk of Bias In Non-randomized Studies-of Interventions |
| TCP | Tricalcium Phosphate |
| URPF | Ultrasonic Resorbable Pin Fixation |
| VAS | Visual Analog Scale |