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Cartilage repair in the knee with subchondral drilling augmented with a platelet-rich plasma-immersed polymer-based implant

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KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY
卷 22, 期 6, 页码 1225-1234

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DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2484-1

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Cartilage repair; Knee; Arthroscopy; Regenerative medicine; PGA-HA scaffold; Platelet-rich plasma; Microfracture; Bone marrow stimulation; Polymer-based implant; Polyglycolic acid

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The aim of our study was to analyse the clinical and histological outcome after the treatment of focal cartilage defects in non-degenerative and degenerative knees with bone marrow stimulation and subsequent covering with a cell-free resorbable polyglycolic acid-hyaluronan (PGA-HA) implant immersed with autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP). Fifty-two patients (mean age 44 years) with focal chondral defects in radiologically confirmed non-degenerative or degenerative knees were subjected to subchondral drilling arthroscopically. Subsequently, defects were covered with the PGA-HA implant immersed with autologous PRP. At 2-year follow-up, the patients' situation was assessed using the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and compared to the pre-operative situation and 3-12-month follow-up. Biopsies (n = 4) were harvested at 18-24 months after implantation and were analysed by histology and collagen type II immune staining. At 1- and 2-year follow-up, the KOOS showed clinically meaningful and significant (p < 0.05) improvement in all subcategories compared to baseline and to 3-month follow-up. There were no differences in KOOS data obtained after 2 years compared to 1 year after the treatment. Histological analysis of the biopsy tissue showed hyaline-like to hyaline cartilage repair tissue that was rich in cells with a chondrocyte morphology, proteoglycans and type II collagen. Covering of focal cartilage defects with the PGA-HA implant and PRP after bone marrow stimulation improves the patients' situation and has the potential to regenerate hyaline-like cartilage. Case series, Level IV.

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