Cartilage injuries of the knee are common, and diagnosis and treatment options have continued to evolve.  This book focuses on current non-operative and surgical treatment strategies for articular cartilage injuries, highlighting the controversies and different approaches from an international perspective.  

This book includes information on the basic science of cartilage structure and function, expert perspectives on imaging and diagnosing, as well as work-up of athletes and patients presenting with acute or chronic cartilage injury. It also provides an evidence base for current cutting-edge cartilage repair and restoration.

Written by leading experts in the field, the book, published in collaboration with ISAKOS and ICRS, is vital reading for orthopaedic and sports medicine surgeons, fellows and residents.  It is also of interest to sports trainers, physiotherapists, medical students, postgraduate students, and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists.

1 Articular Cartilage: Structure and Biology

2 Articular Cartilage: Functional Biomechanics
3 Biomarkers in Articular Cartilage Injury
4 How do we best Measure Expected Outcomes Following Cartilage Surgery?
5 MRI in knee cartilage injury and post-treatment MRI assessment of cartilage repair
6 Assessment of patient, joint, cartilage injury characteristics
7 Non-operative Management Options for Symptomatic Cartilage Lesions
8 The Role of Osteotomy in the Patellofemoral Joint with Cartilage Surgery
9 Osteotomy for the Varus Knee in Cartilage Surgery
10 Osteotomy for the Valgus Knee in Cartilage Surgery
11 Role of the meniscus in cartilage injury (basic science)
12 Concomitant Meniscus Repair for Cartilage Treatment
13 Meniscus Root Tear and its Treatment
14 Meniscus transplant and Cartilage Treatment
15 Role of debridement of a Symptomatic Cartilage Injury
16 Management of Osteochondritis Dissecans
17 Managing concomitant cartilage injury with ACL tears
18 Marrow stimulation/Microfracture for cartilage repair
19 Microfracture augmentation options for cartilage repair
20 Cell-based cartilage repair
21 Role of MSCs in Symptomatic Cartilage Defects
22 Scaffolds for Cartilage Repair
23 Osteochondral autograft for the treatment of small cartilage injuries
24 Osteochondral allograft for the treatment of large cartilage injuries
25 Emerging cartilage repair options
26 Patellofemoral joint stabilization with cartilage restoration
27 Cartilage restoration strategies for the patellofemoral joint
28 Rehabilitation and decision for return to play following Cartilage Restoration Surgery
29 Return to sport following cartilage treatment: where is the evidence?