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ACI / MACI / STACI14 Jun 2026

MACI for ankle osteochondral lesions

Microfracture fails in 97% of cases for ankle cartilage defects larger than 15mm diameter; MACI, a two-stage procedure using cultured chondrocytes on a collagen scaffold, addresses lesions at and beyond this threshold.

John Davies

ChondroFiller14 Jun 2026

What to expect after a ChondroFiller injection

ChondroFiller provides a temporary biological scaffold that recruits the patient's own progenitor cells to rebuild cartilage defects; fully resorbed within twelve to twenty-four months, it is replaced entirely by the patient's own organised repair tissue.

John Davies

Regenerative Medicine14 Jun 2026

AI scans for earlier joint preservation decisions

Quantitative MRI and markerless motion analysis are used to spot cartilage, meniscus and loading changes before obvious joint wear appears. By tracking tissue quality and gait over set review points, clinicians can decide earlier whether a knee should be re...

John Davies

ChondroFiller13 Jun 2026

ChondroFiller Ankle Injection for Talar Cartilage Defects

ChondroFiller is an injectable collagen scaffold for focal ankle cartilage defects. Injected under ultrasound as a single outpatient procedure, the cell-free gel provides a structural framework that draws the patient's own stem cells to migrate and rebuild ...

John Davies

OCA13 Jun 2026

When osteochondral allograft outperforms cell-based knee repair

Traumatic knee injuries damage not just cartilage but the supporting subchondral bone beneath it, preventing cell-based repairs from integrating. Fresh osteochondral allograft supplies both cartilage and bone scaffold as one unit, restoring what cell therap...

John Davies

Shoulder Conditions13 Jun 2026

When Rotator Cuff Rehab Isn't Enough

Most rotator cuff tears do not require surgery; supervised physiotherapy and corticosteroid injections provide adequate relief for many, but delays risk fatty infiltration that narrows the surgical repair window.

John Davies

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