Surgeons revisit original cartilage repair techniques OrthoSuperSite

Description: Technological advances and a paradigm shift towards the importance of patient expectations have caused some surgeons to take a second look at conventional cartilage repair techniques.
Surgeons developed abrasion arthroplasty more than 25 years ago, but only now are they realizing the technique’s full potential. “Maybe [surgeons in the past] didn’t see enough good results and happy patients with it and so most of these people abandoned it,� Jürgen Toft, MD, CEO and chief surgeon at the Alpha Klinik in Munich, told Orthopedics Today . “It was basically laying by the wayside, if you will.�
ORTHOPEDICS TODAY March 2006