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2. Articular cartilage repair - Wikipedia

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   Arthroscopic lavage is a "cleaning up" procedure of the knee joint. This short-term solution is not considered as an articular cartilage repair procedure but rather a palliative treatment to reduce pain, mechanical restriction and inflammation. Lavage focuses on removing degenerative articular cartilage flaps and fibrous tissue.

3. Knee cartilage replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   The human body's own cartilage is still the best material for lining knee joints. This drives efforts to develop ways of using a person's own cells to grow, or re-grow cartilage tissue to replace missing or damaged cartilage. One cell-based replacement technique is called autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) or autologous chondrocyte ...

4. Stem cell transplantation for articular cartilage repair

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   Recent developments. Until recently, the use of cultured mesenchymal stem cells to regenerate cartilage has been primarily in research with animal models. There are now, however, two published case reports of the above technique being used to successfully regenerate articular and meniscus cartilage in human knees.

5. 5 Exercises That Fortify the Cartilage in Your Knees ... - AOL

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   Movement patterns that repetitively place weight on the knee joint—like running or weight lifting—bring cartilage gains. “Similar to a car, your joints require a lubricating fluid called ...

6. Autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane

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   DB10997. UNII. D5P3K3V822. Autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane ( Maci) is a treatment to correct cartilage defects in the knee. [1] It is used to treat symptomatic, full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee with or without bone involvement. [2] [1] Autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane is an ...

7. Articular cartilage damage - Wikipedia

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   Articular cartilage damage is often the cause of severe pain, knee swelling, substantial reduction in mobility and severe restrictions to one's activities. Over the last decades, however, research has focused on regenerating damaged joints. These regenerative procedures are believed to delay osteoarthritis of injuries on the articular cartilage ...