2023 Annual Meeting Biologics-European Perspective

European Perspective_ Our Approach of Choice

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Professor Elisabetta Kohn discussed the European perspective on cartilage repair, emphasizing a preference for newer regenerative techniques over traditional holografts. She highlighted the use of scaffolds, especially collagen membranes combined with microfracture (AMIC technique), showing positive long-term clinical results in randomized controlled trials. Osteochondral scaffolds like the Italian nanostructured scaffold and coral-based organoid scaffolds demonstrated promising outcomes for focal lesions, OCD, and early osteoarthritis in younger patients. Europe faces challenges with allograft availability. Kohn stressed the importance of evidence-based approaches, particularly randomized trials, and shared consensus guidelines favoring scaffold use in young patients without osteoarthritis, while cautioning against use in complex cases.

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Elizaveta Kon, M.D., Italy

Keywords

cartilage repair

regenerative techniques

scaffolds

AMIC technique

randomized controlled trials