Don’t let the pain and limitations of cartilage damage hold you back.
If you are diagnosed with cartilage damage or a defect, your doctor may choose to incorporate a cartilage repair treatment plan for your specific needs. This may be in addition to other procedures for soft-tissue or bony injuries, which often occur in conjunction with cartilage injury, to provide you a comprehensive treatment approach.
What Is Cartilage?
What Is a Cartilage Defect?
What Happens If I Don’t Treat My Damaged Cartilage?
Treatment Options
Treatment of damaged cartilage is patient-specific and not every cartilage lesion requires surgical treatment. Your doctor will determine whether your specific lesion should be repaired, either on its own or as part of treatment for another injury.
Surgical treatment for articular cartilage damage is common. For example, hundreds of thousands of knee cartilage procedures are performed each year in the US.4 There are many same-day, outpatient procedures available to treat and support cartilage restoration, all with the goal of restoring healthy tissue and providing treatment options to individuals who have cartilage damage but do not require joint replacement.
The Arthrex Joint Preservation treatment spectrum provides your doctor with many options to choose from based on the size and severity of your cartilage defect, your postoperative activity goals, and more. Your doctor will walk you through the option they think is best for you, as well as that procedure’s risks and benefits.
AutoCart™ Procedure
Cartiform® Allograft
Autograft OATS® Technique
Allograft OATS Technique
BioUni® Technique
IntraOsseous BioPlasty® (IOBP®) Technique
Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to your questions about what to expect from your cartilage repair procedure.
Why is my doctor recommending cartilage repair?
Why are there so many cartilage repair treatment options?
Will getting a joint preservation treatment procedure now help me avoid a joint replacement?
