Cartilage Repair Procedures
Cartilage Repair Procedures
Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI or Carticel)
For this procedure, a small piece of cartilage is harvested and grown in the lab. Four to six weeks later, the new cartilage is implanted into the knee to repair the cartilage defect.
Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation
In this procedure, bone and the attached cartilage from an organ donor is transplanted to repair cartilage damage.
Osteochondral Autologous Transfer (OATS or Mosaicplasty)
Small cylinders of bone and attached cartilage are harvested from a part of the patient’s knee that is more peripheral and then implanted into the more centrally located damaged area of the same knee.
