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Scaffolds for Cartilage Repair

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Scaffolds are becoming increasingly recognized as an option in the treatment of chondral and osteochondral defects in the knee. They are made from biocompatible materials that can mimic the osteochondral unit in the knee. The advantages include one-stage surgery with good short-term clinical results. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the current scaffold options available for symptomatic chondral and osteochondral defects, as well as the clinical results of these options.

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  1. Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, Milan, Italy

    Elizaveta Kon, Daniele Altomare, Andrea Dorotei, Berardo Di Matteo & Maurilio Marcacci

  2. First Moscow State Medical University, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia

    Elizaveta Kon

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy

    Daniele Altomare, Andrea Dorotei, Berardo Di Matteo & Maurilio Marcacci

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

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  3. Orthopedic Sugery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA

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  4. FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Clinica do Dragao, Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre,, PORTO, Portugal

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Kon, E., Altomare, D., Dorotei, A., Di Matteo, B., Marcacci, M. (2021). Scaffolds for Cartilage Repair. In: Krych, A.J., Biant, L.C., Gomoll, A.H., Espregueira-Mendes, J., Gobbi, A., Nakamura, N. (eds) Cartilage Injury of the Knee. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78051-7_21

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