This cutting-edge text fills the void in the literature regarding the management of articular cartilage disease and meniscal deficiency. It enables orthopedic surgeons to develop an evidence-based decision-making framework that guides the management of articular cartilage lesions. Carefully chosen contributors provide readers with a practical background in articular lesions, patient assessment, and management strategies. Subsequent chapters address the gamut of current surgical techniques, from arthroscopy and debridement to unicondylar arthroplasty, in a step-by-step manner. More than 500 detailed illustrations, many in color, help readers understand and master treatments. Illustrated case studies, which include preoperative planning and postoperative outcomes, reinforce the decision-making process.

Interest in the management of articular cartilage lesions has exploded worldwide within the orthopedics community over the past decade. Yet many orthopedists have unanswered questions regarding treatment options. This comprehensive, up-to-date text fills that void by enabling orthopedic surgeons to develop an evidence-based decision-making framework that guides the management of articular cartilage lesions Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Drs. Cole and Malek, recognized leaders in the field, wrote this cutting-edge text to fill the void in the literature regarding the management of articular cartilage disease and meniscal deficiency. The book enables orthopedic surgeons to develop an evidence-based decision-making framework that guides the management of articular cartilage lesions. Carefully chosen contributors provide readers with a practical background in articular lesions, patient assessment, and management strategies. Subsequent chapters address the gamut of current surgical techniques, from arthroscopy and debridement to unicondylar arthroplasty, in a step-by-step manner. More than 500 detailed illustrations, many in color, help readers understand and master treatments. Case studies, which include preoperative planning and postoperative outcomes, reinforce the decision-making process. Nearly every permutation and treatment option is covered, making this text a prime resource for surgeons committed to exercising sound judgement.

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I Background and Patient Assessment.- 1 Basic Science.- 2 Patient Evaluation.- 3 Nonoperative Treatment.- 4 Cartilage Injury: Overview and Treatment Algorithm.- 5 Radiofrequency Energy for Cartilage Treatment.- II Surgical Techniques.- 6 Arthroscopic Debridement of the Degenerative Knee.- 7 Bone Marrow Stimulation Techniques: Microfracture, Drilling, and Abrasion.- 8 Osteochondral Autograft Replacement.- 9 Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation.- 10 Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for Focal Chondral Lesions.- 11 Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in the Osteoarthritic Knee.- 12 Osteochondritis Dissecans: Current Treatment Options.- 13 Meniscal Transplantation.- 14 Realignment of the Femur and Tibia.- 15 Realignment of the Patellofemoral Joint.- 16 Emerging Technologies in Cartilage Repair.- 17 Unicondylar Arthroplasty.- III Case Studies.