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"One of the biggest challenges in orthopedic surgery are deep osteochondral defects in the knee arising from adolescent osteochondritis dissecans or spontaneous osteonecrosis. Many surgical techniques can help manage these conditions, but those yielding the best results aren’t clear. One promising option is transplantation of a patient’s own bone tissue or cartilage cells to a site of injury. Researchers have now compared two such transplantation techniques – autologous bone grafting and the autologous chondrocyte implantation “sandwich” technique – to understand how to best help knee tissue heal. Both methods start much like how a dental cavity is treated. First, a high-speed bur is used to remove injured bone until healthy bone is reached. In autologous bone grafting, the defect is then packed with a patients’ own bone chips, and the graft surface is secured with sutures if needed. These steps are performed while a tourniquet is applied to the leg..."
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- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Reading
- Provider:
- Research Square
- Provider Set:
- Video Bytes
- Date Added:
- 11/19/2020
