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Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI)

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Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) was one of the first tissue engineering products, utilizing autologous chondrocytes grown in culture and reimplanted in a second-stage procedure to repair large chondral defects. Originally developed with the use of a periosteal flap, the current generation ACI procedure is performed with chondrocytes adherent to a collagen membrane (MACI).

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Gomoll, A.H., Farr, J. (2018). Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI). In: Farr, J., Gomoll, A. (eds) Cartilage Restoration. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77152-6_21

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