Table 2.
Surgical options for cartilage lesions [8]
Current generation |
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Arthroscopic lavage and debridement |
Marrow tapping techniques |
Abrasion arthroplasty |
Subchondral drilling |
Microfracture |
Osteochondral autografting—mosaicoplasty |
Osteochondral allografting |
New generation |
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Autologous cell techniques |
ACI & MACI |
Growth factors |
Gene therapies |
ACI autologous chondrocyte implantation, MACI matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation