Abstract
Introduction to Cell Transplantation for Cartilage Lesions
- Heir S
- Nerhus TK
- Røtterud JH
- Løken S
- Ekeland A
- Engebretsen L
- Arøen A.
- Gowd AK
- Weimer AE
- Rider DE
- Beck EC
- Agarwalla A
- O'Brien LK
- Alaia MJ
- Ferguson CM
- Waterman BR.
Matrix-Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (MACI)
Background
Evolution
- Kon E
- Filardo G
- Berruto M
- Benazzo F
- Zanon G
- Della Villa S
- Marcacci M
- Steinwachs M.
Evaluating Candidates for MACI
INDICATIONS
- Bartlett W
- Skinner JA
- Gooding CR
- Carrington RW
- Flanagan AM
- Briggs TW
- Bentley G.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Surgical Technique of MACI
- Stage 1 — Diagnostic Arthroscopy and Cartilage Biopsy

- Dozin B
- Malpeli M
- Cancedda R
- Bruzzi P
- Calcagno S
- Molfetta L
- Priano F
- Kon E
- Marcacci M.
- Stage 2 — Implantation of the MACI Graft
- Ebert JR
- Fallon M
- Ackland TR
- Wood DJ
- Janes GC.
- Olivos Meza A
- Cortés González S
- Ferniza Garza JJ
- Pérez Jiménez FJ
- Enrique VC
- Ibarra C
The MACI kit comes with a template sheet that can be cut to the proper dimensions of the defect
- Saris D
- Price A
- Widuchowski W
- Bertrand-Marchand M
- Caron J
- Drogset JO
- Emans P
- Podskubka A
- Tsuchida A
- Kili S
- Levine D
- Brittberg M
- Paša L
- Trc T
- Slynarski K
- Sanson BJ
- Bezuidenhoudt M
- Allizard M
- Banach W
- Chouteau J
- Hamon P.

- Saris D
- Price A
- Widuchowski W
- Bertrand-Marchand M
- Caron J
- Drogset JO
- Emans P
- Podskubka A
- Tsuchida A
- Kili S
- Levine D
- Brittberg M
- Paša L
- Trc T
- Slynarski K
- Sanson BJ
- Bezuidenhoudt M
- Allizard M
- Banach W
- Chouteau J
- Hamon P.


Post-Operative Rehabilitation After MACI
- Flanigan DC
- Sherman SL
- Chilelli B
- Gersoff W
- Jones D
- Lee CA
- Toth A
- Cramer C
- Zaporojan V
- Carey J.
- Flanigan DC
- Sherman SL
- Chilelli B
- Gersoff W
- Jones D
- Lee CA
- Toth A
- Cramer C
- Zaporojan V
- Carey J.
- Flanigan DC
- Sherman SL
- Chilelli B
- Gersoff W
- Jones D
- Lee CA
- Toth A
- Cramer C
- Zaporojan V
- Carey J.
- Flanigan DC
- Sherman SL
- Chilelli B
- Gersoff W
- Jones D
- Lee CA
- Toth A
- Cramer C
- Zaporojan V
- Carey J.
Outcomes of MACI
- Gowd AK
- Cvetanovich GL
- Liu JN
- Christian DR
- Cabarcas BC
- Redondo ML
- Verma NN
- Yanke AB
- Cole BJ.
- Bartlett W
- Skinner JA
- Gooding CR
- Carrington RW
- Flanagan AM
- Briggs TW
- Bentley G.
- Müller PE
- Gallik D
- Hammerschmid F
- Baur-Melnyk A
- Pietschmann MF
- Zhang A
- Niethammer TR.
- Saris D
- Price A
- Widuchowski W
- Bertrand-Marchand M
- Caron J
- Drogset JO
- Emans P
- Podskubka A
- Tsuchida A
- Kili S
- Levine D
- Brittberg M
- Paša L
- Trc T
- Slynarski K
- Sanson BJ
- Bezuidenhoudt M
- Allizard M
- Banach W
- Chouteau J
- Hamon P.
- Saris D
- Price A
- Widuchowski W
- Bertrand-Marchand M
- Caron J
- Drogset JO
- Emans P
- Podskubka A
- Tsuchida A
- Kili S
- Levine D
- Brittberg M
- Paša L
- Trc T
- Slynarski K
- Sanson BJ
- Bezuidenhoudt M
- Allizard M
- Banach W
- Chouteau J
- Hamon P.
- Bentley G
- Biant LC
- Vijayan S
- Macmull S
- Skinner JA
- Carrington RW.
- Bentley G
- Biant LC
- Vijayan S
- Macmull S
- Skinner JA
- Carrington RW.
Particulated Juvenile Autograft Chondrocyte Transplantation (PJAC)
Background
Evolution
INDICATIONS
CONTRAINDICATIONS
- Müller PE
- Gallik D
- Hammerschmid F
- Baur-Melnyk A
- Pietschmann MF
- Zhang A
- Niethammer TR.
Surgical Technique of PJAC

Post-Operative Recovery following PJAC
Outcomes of PJAC
- Wang T
- Belkin NS
- Burge AJ
- Chang B
- Pais M
- Mahony G
- Williams RJ.
- LeBrun DG
- Nwachukwu BU
- Buza SS
- Gruber S
- Marmor WA
- Dennis ER
Conclusion
Uncited References
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