Treatment
Cartilage treatment options are multiple and all aim to restore function and relieve pain in damaged joints; the location, extent of damage and the specific needs of each patient determine the technique of choice, including microfracture, mosaicplasty, chondrocyte transplantation, fresh osteochondral grafts and the latest techniques of particulate chondral autotransplantation.
Fresh osteochondral transplantation
Mosaicplasty
Autologous particulate graft