Healing of articular cartilage: a review.

Abstract

Currently, there is no one human technique that stands out as being better than another. The results of curettement or microfracture remain as good as anything else that is available. The healing in these defects seems to be as good as those that are achieved with osteochondral tissue graft or with chondrocyte culture techniques. The controlled prospective treatment of cartilage defects that compares these techniques to traditional methods has not been done.