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OATS / Mosaicplasty28 Jun 2026

OATS vs Microfracture at 10 Years for Active Patients

At ten years, OATS fails in 14% of young athletes versus 38% for microfracture, because transplanted hyaline cartilage remains stable under loading whilst the fibrocartilage that microfracture generates progressively degrades.

John Davies

Regenerative Medicine28 Jun 2026

What AI now sees in a knee cartilage MRI

Cartilage is too thin and blurry for reliable manual MRI measurement; two AI models now trace its boundaries with 0.17 mm precision, enabling consistent longitudinal monitoring.

John Davies

Joint Preservation27 Jun 2026

Knee osteotomy or partial knee replacement

Single-compartment knee arthritis has two opposite treatments: realigning the shin bone to shift weight from the damaged area, or replacing it with an implant. Which approach suits a given patient depends on age, anatomy, disease stage, activity goals, and ...

John Davies

ChondroFiller27 Jun 2026

ChondroFiller vs Corticosteroid for Focal Cartilage Loss

Confirmed focal cartilage loss is a structural deficit that corticosteroid injections cannot address by design: inflammation suppression cannot restore avascular tissue that is physically absent. ChondroFiller, a collagen scaffold injected directly into the...

John Davies

ACI / MACI / STACI26 Jun 2026

ACI vs MACI for Knee Cartilage Repair

ACI and MACI are both two-stage operations: cartilage cells are harvested from the knee, cultured over four to six weeks, then reimplanted—ACI as liquid suspension with sutured patches, MACI as a pre-seeded collagen membrane secured with fibrin glue.

John Davies

ChondroFiller26 Jun 2026

Who qualifies for ChondroFiller Liquid Cartilage injection

ChondroFiller injection is indicated for cartilage loss graded ICRS III or IV — damage that has worn through more than half the cartilage layer or entirely to bone.

John Davies

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