
Cartilage Restoration
Practical Clinical Applications
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 253 pages
978-1-4939-4269-5 (ISBN)
Description
Attempting to bridge the gap between the science and art of cartilage restoration,
Cartilage Restoration: Practical Clinical Applications
combines an overview of clinical research and methodologies with clinical cases to help guide the orthopedic treatment and care of patients presenting with cartilage issues. With chapters written by internationally-renowned orthopedic surgeons, topics include an overview of current surgical options, debridement and marrow stimulation, autograft plug transfer, allografts, cell therapy, and meniscal issues.
Cartilage Restoration
is a valuable resource for orthopedic surgeons, residents, and fellows.
More details
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
49 s/w Abbildungen, 298 farbige Abbildungen
XIV, 253 p. 347 illus., 298 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
571 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4939-4269-5 (9781493942695)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-0427-9
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Book
08/2013
Springer
€176.54
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Persons
Jack Farr, MD, Voluntary Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine; Director, Cartilage Restoration Center of Indiana; and OrthoIndy Sports Medicine Fellowship Director, OrthoIndy and Indiana Orthopedic Hospital, Greenwood, IN, USA
Andreas H. Gomoll, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Content
Learning from the Evolution of Cartilage Restoration.- The Osteochondral Unit.- Imaging of Articular Cartilage.- General Treatment Algorithm for Cartilage Defects.- Tibiofemoral Malalignment.- Tibiofemoral Patholaxity.- Patellofemoral Considerations: Pain, Instability, Chondrosis and Alignment.- Meniscal Considerations in Cartilage Surgery.- Approaching Complex Cases.- Debridement and Marrow Stimulation.- Osteochondral Autograft Transfer.- Osteochondral Allograft.- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI).- Arthroscopic MACI.- Particulated/Minced Cartilage.- Osteotomy for Tibiofemoral Malalignment.- Patellofemoral Osteotomies.- Meniscal Transplantation Techniques.- Alternatives to Meniscus Transplantation Outside the United States.