Current Treatments of Isolated Articular Cartilage Lesions of the Knee Achieve Similar Outcomes

摘要

BackgroundMany surgical techniques, including microfracture, periosteal and perichondral grafts, chondrocyte transplantation, and osteochondral grafts, have been studied in an attempt to restore damaged articular cartilage. However, there is no consensus regarding the best method to repair isolated articular cartilage defects of the knee.