Developing Insights in Cartilage Repair

Pieter Emans of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands and Lars Peterson, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

• General Introduction.- Gene Therapy in articular cartilage repair.- Targeting inflammatory processes for optimization of cartilage homeostasis and repair techniques.- Osteoarthritis: molecular mechanisms and treatments.- Bioreactor Tissue Engineering for Cartilage Repair.- Biomaterials for osteochondral reconstruction.- Advanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage repair.- Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation: The Rationale and Basic Science.- Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation: Surgical Technique and Results.- The Genesis of Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation/Implantation:  From a Hypothesis via an Animal Model to a Clinical Reality.- Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation challenges current paradigms for the treatment of symptomatic joint surface lesions.- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation after Previous Treatment With Marrow Stimulation Techniques.- Arthroscopic approaches for cartilage repair in the knee joint.- Cartilage repair of the knee in athletes.- Meniscus Substitution:  Scaffolds, allografts and prosthetic implants.- Cartilage Repair, Replacement, and Regenerative Strategies for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus.- How to treat cartilage injuries in the ankle joint by BMDC’s transplantation.- Pure cartilage-based repair modalities of focal cartilage lesions.