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The Future of Cartilage Repair Surgery

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Cartilage has long been recognized as having limited healing potential; therefore when injury occurs, surgical intervention may be necessary to achieve repair of the resulting focal chondral defects and obtain good functional outcome. The trend of research is now going towards preventive interventions and therapeutic solutions that can lead to an enhancement of tissue regeneration and the reduction of degenerative mechanisms. In this regard, the use of mesenchymal t stem cells (MSCs) and growth factors, can represent a viable alternative.

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  1. Orthopaedic Arthroscopic Surgery International, OASI Bioresearch Foundation Gobbi NPO, via Amadeo 24, Milan, 20133, Italy

    Alberto Gobbi MD & Georgios Karnatzikos MD

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, 801505, India

    Anup Kumar MD

  3. Institute for Medical Science in Sports, Osaka Health Science University, 1-9-27 Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka, 530-0043, Japan

    Norimasa Nakamura MD, PhD, FRCS

  4. Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Norimasa Nakamura MD, PhD, FRCS

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  1. Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK

    Asode Ananthram Shetty MD, PhD, MCh, FRCS Ed., FRCS Eng., FRCS Orth

  2. Faculty of Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, NITTE University, Mangalore, India

    Asode Ananthram Shetty MD, PhD, MCh, FRCS Ed., FRCS Eng., FRCS Orth  & Seok-Jung Kim MD, PhD, FRCS  & 

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital College of Medicine The Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, South Korea

    Seok-Jung Kim MD, PhD, FRCS

  4. Institute for Medical Science in Sports, Osaka Health Science University, Osaka, Japan

    Norimasa Nakamura MD, PhD

  5. Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    Norimasa Nakamura MD, PhD

  6. Cartilage Research Unit Department of Orthopaedic, University of Gothenburg, Kungsbacka, Sweden

    Mats Brittberg MD, PhD

  7. Region Halland Orthopaedics Kungsbacka Hospital, Kungsbacka, Sweden

    Mats Brittberg MD, PhD

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Gobbi, A., Kumar, A., Karnatzikos, G., Nakamura, N. (2014). The Future of Cartilage Repair Surgery. In: Shetty, A.A., Kim, SJ., Nakamura, N., Brittberg, M. (eds) Techniques in Cartilage Repair Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41921-8_31

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