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Joint Preservation25 Jul 2026

How Long HTO Delays Knee Replacement

High tibial osteotomy shifts weight-bearing away from damaged cartilage, delaying total knee replacement by 10–15 years; 79% of appropriately selected patients avoid replacement at ten years.

John Davies

ChondroFiller25 Jul 2026

ChondroFiller injection for elbow cartilage lesions

ChondroFiller is a collagen scaffold that gels within minutes of injection and recruits the patient's own progenitor cells to rebuild focal elbow cartilage lesions.

John Davies

ACI / MACI / STACI24 Jul 2026

ACI vs MACI for Knee Cartilage Repair

For cartilage defects exceeding 2 cm², MACI's membrane-assisted implantation produces lower graft hypertrophy than ACI's periosteal cover (6% versus 9%), whilst reducing operative time; both demand twelve months of recovery.

John Davies

ChondroFiller24 Jul 2026

Which knee cartilage injuries suit ChondroFiller injection

An acellular collagen scaffold delivered as an outpatient injection, ChondroFiller recruits the patient's own repair cells to generate hyaline-like cartilage. Data from over 19,000 cases show functional improvements averaging 30 IKDC points above the meanin...

John Davies

OATS / Mosaicplasty23 Jul 2026

Recovery and Results After Ankle OATS Surgery

OATS transplants hyaline cartilage to repair ankle defects, avoiding microfracture's fibrocartilage repair, which degrades within two to three years; long-term evidence shows this durability advantage substantially reduces subsequent osteoarthritis.

John Davies

ChondroFiller23 Jul 2026

How long ChondroFiller results last

ChondroFiller improves patients from half-normal function (IKDC 48) to near-normal (IKDC 80) within 12 months, with gains plateauing at six months and persisting at 36-month follow-up; 70–85% achieve meaningful relief, and reoperation rates of 3–8% compare ...

John Davies

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